bedgown
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He was still in his bedgown and slippers, with paper, inkhorn, and pens about him, writing poetry.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The ladies came first to their chocolate: them Mr. Will joined in his court suit; finally, my lord appeared, languid, in his bedgown and nightcap, having not yet assumed his wig for the day.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
The worthy widow to whom the house belonged speedily joined the group in nightcap and bedgown, and listened half awake to Mrs. Barnaby's clamorous account of her misfortune.
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
We held the Council in his dressing-room at Carlton House; he was in his bedgown, and we in our boots.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve
He rose, magnificently tall and stately, in his bedgown of embroidered yellow satin, his handsome head thrown back, and went after his retainer.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Rafael Sabatini
