night robe
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of night robe
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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My nurse takes my left arm, bunching the wide sleeves of my night robe, and ties a red string around my bicep.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
A figure in a long night robe appeared at the doorway.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
His night robe fluttered behind as he ran.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day
Now, when the whole household was wrapped in silence, and the lamps extinguished, and I sat in my night robe in the recess of the window, she came and sat down beside me.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
The girl, a drooping figure in her night robe, stood listlessly on the threshold.
From Barbarians by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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