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
Miss Abby heard the window raised, and, in her night robe and cap, faced the intruder, just as he entered the room.
From Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain by Whitcomb, Harriet Manning
He takes me to call upon a gentleman in a night robe!
From 54-40 or Fight by Hough, Emerson
Her night robe lay on the marble grey, And the cold sea-maiden was gone.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
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