night robe
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of night robe
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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A figure in a long night robe appeared at the doorway.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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 fair-haired child, kneeling in a snow-white night robe, lisping its evening prayer, was suggested to hundreds by the worshipful music.
From Praying for Money by Russell H. Conwell
He swung his symmetrical body to the bed's edge, dropped lightly to the carpet, unloosed his night robe, and stretched himself.
From Ailsa Paige by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
He has her night robe brought, orders her wrapped in it and her remains placed in a triple coffin.
From The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert by Various
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