deshabille
Example Sentences
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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.
From Time Magazine Archive
They appeared somewhat in deshabille, and looked very astonished at being called out of their beds by the young Englishman.
From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Archibald Webb
John smiled to see Harry from morning to night in deshabille as workmanlike as possible, with a foot rule or hammer constantly in his hand.
From The Measure of a Man by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
He knew nothing of deshabille, and always left his bath-room fully dressed for the day.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
Examples of foreign words which we could hardly replace by English expressions are blasé, tête-à-tête, brusque, bourgeois, deshabille.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill
