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

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

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

From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon

The sleeves of her dress were reversed, showing the forearms, which gave her an appearance of deshabille, homely, intimate, confiding.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Suddenly an old maid appeared in her dressing-gown and, catching sight of her niece in worse than deshabille, shouted out, 'Maria, come here, you disgraceful creature.

From Australia Revenged by Boomerang, pseud.