deshabille

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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

In morning, in deshabille, not all the venerability of its age can make it respectable.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various

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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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)

Jermyn Street, was particularly fond of pink, and extremely susceptible to deshabille.

From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon