negligee

Example Sentences

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Our minds go into neglige; we forget editors and advertising-managers for a while.

From Aliens by McFee, William

Her morning costume was light and graceful, and her whole toilet showed just enough of neglige to add interest to the simplicity of her personal attire.

From The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The neglige dressing-gown that he wore enhanced the pallid beauty of his face.

From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen

This neglige dress in the privacy of their homes is merely a matter of custom and climate, for these people are no more savages than we are.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

He dressed himself hurriedly in a neglige shirt with a windsor scad, light-colored, serviceable trousers with a belt, russet shoes, and a tennis hat-a knockabout costume, he considered.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin