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

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

From Command by McFee, William

"Nine pieces for my coat and the rest," said Sir Asinus persuasively; "it is really impolite to be playing with your Excellency in such deshabille as this."

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

They appeared somewhat in deshabille, and looked very astonished at being called out of their beds by the young Englishman.

From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald

The last reserve tumbled from their sleeping-places in various stages of deshabille, all talking excitedly.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)