- a variation of dishabille.
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 Compton MacKenzie
And so they walked up stairs and into the drawing-room, and sent their compliments to Mrs. Sturk, who came down in deshabille, with her things pinned about her, and all over smiles.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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
The sleeves of her dress were reversed, showing the forearms, which gave her an appearance of deshabille, homely, intimate, confiding.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
