robe-de-chambre
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noun
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Towards the close of a dreary autumnal evening, the king, in slippers and robe de chambre, was seated before a large fire, in a private cabinet of his palace at Stockholm.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest
I found her ladyship in her robe de chambre.
From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick
The young man had just taken off his coat, waistcoat, and cravat, and was putting on a robe de chambre, when his father appeared.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
Her lodger girded up his robe de chambre with its red silk cord and advanced with decision through the chaos of birch and hickory.
From A Philanthropist by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
Pommes de terre en robe de chambre, we presume.
From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 by Various
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