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peignoir

[peyn-wahr, pen-, peyn-wahr, pen-] / peɪnˈwɑr, pɛn-, ˈpeɪn wɑr, ˈpɛn- /




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She comes with four changes of clothes: a Kelly green ball gown, a teal suit with a calotte hat, a sweater and matching kick pleat skirt and a nightgown with a peignoir.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2020

To get the right effect, Shelby brought four outfits, plus two lounging ensembles featuring a robe and peignoir.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2019

Another, dressed in an ice-blue peignoir, petted a stuffed lap dog with one hand and preened with the other.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2018

Muriel Spark has posed in a fetching peignoir with a sinister black cat draped over her shoulder.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, because the prospective employee came ten minutes early for the interview and Michael-Mary, who adhered to her schedule to the minute, was forced to answer the door in a print peignoir.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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