robe-de-chambre
Americannoun
plural
robes-de-chambrenoun
Example Sentences
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One morning, when promenading in his robe-de-chambre, on a terrace elevated a little above the river, he saw a traveller thrown by a furious horse, from the opposite bank, into the midst of the torrent.
From The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection by Various
Mrs. Mackenzie, in a robe-de-chambre and cap very different from yesterday's, came out eagerly to meet the physician on the landing.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
After throwing over his shoulders his robe-de-chambre Mr. Bennett asked, "Where do you think Livingstone is?"
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
He is very old, was dressed in a robe-de-chambre of blue sattan and gold spots on it, with a sort of blue sattan cap and tassle of gold.
From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton
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.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
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