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

To my surprise, he was in wild deshabille, and far out of his usual phlegmatic self with excitement.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl

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

Such was the character who now, in the easy deshabille described, descended into the court-yard with a great bunch of keys in his hand, and led the way towards the stable.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

The lamps had been extinguished—the coach atmosphere was heavy with oil smell and the exhalations of human beings in all stages of deshabille.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton