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

Dorothy agreed to go out if she were allowed time to change her things; but Lily declared that she was tired after the journey, and preferred to look at illustrated papers in deshabille.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

Such was the character who now, in the easy deshabille described, descended into the court-yard with a great bunch of keys in his hand, and led the way towards the stable.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

He found the chief engineer standing before his desk in some deshabille, filling a black briar.

From Command by McFee, William

Leeby, as yet in deshabille, was shaving her father at a tremendous rate, and Jess, looking as fresh as a daisy, was ready to receive the visitors.

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)