- 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
When the priest, looking out, saw Dan Loftus in his deshabille, I believe he thought for a moment it was something from the neighbouring churchyard.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
It was the lawyer, in deshabille and very rough-haired; and very angry he looked.
From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
Ladies also sat there, in what X. subsequently learnt was not altogether considered deshabille, namely, the sarong and kabaya of the country.
From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Keyser, Arthur Louis
The real reason was because she was in wretched deshabille, her face was swollen with weeping, and it would be such a weary work to do her hair.
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary
