robe de chambre

Example Sentences

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She was in a robe de chambre, and the rest of her toilet could wait till curiosity was satisfied.

From The Princess Virginia by Guipon, Leon

Marguerite arose, and folding her robe de chambre around her, courtesied with ceremonious respect to her mother.

From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre

Then Giddy appears in a white robe de chambre, her dark hair falling in waves about her shoulders.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold

I found her ladyship in her robe de chambre.

From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick

Towards the close of a dreary autumnal evening, the king, in slippers and robe de chambre, was seated before a large fire, in a private cabinet of his palace at Stockholm.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest