robe-de-chambre

[ rawb-duh-shahn-bruh ]

noun

, French.

, plural robes-de-cham·bre [r, awb-d, uh, -, shahn, -b, r, uh].

1. a dressing gown.

robe-de-chambre

/ rɔbdəʃɑ̃brə /

noun

1. a dressing gown or bathrobe

Example Sentences

Thin, and of middle height, a long dark-green robe-de-chambre made him appear tall, and the little Julienne thought she had never seen so grand an old man before.

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In winter we lived facing his house, and he came to us almost every day in his short red robe-de-chambre, with a green fur cap on his head, and a pipe in his hand.

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La Place was startled at the unusual request, and flew to his old friend, whom he found deeply engaged in being measured for a new peruke, and a taffety robe-de-chambre, earnestly enjoining the utmost expedition.

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Mercedes sat at the desk in her bedroom attired in a robe-de-chambre, and rapidly and feverishly wrote.

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The young man who wore a robe-de-chambre and Turkish slippers worked in gold, returns my salaam courteously and invites me up to the divan.

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