“Do you know, I like that kind of deshabille,” said. From Wordnik.com. [The Small House at Allington] Reference
"Do you know, I like that kind of deshabille," said Cradell. From Wordnik.com. [The Small House at Allington] Reference
This is a kind of deshabille to go about early in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme] Reference
Eleanor Roosevelt would look deshabille next to this jurist. From Wordnik.com. [True eccentricity.] Reference
Mrs. Astley-Rolfe invariably received her creditors in pink deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
"The evidence is very strong," she said, lazily settling her deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
I was en deshabille, but quickly slipped on a long coat and ran out after him. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Jermyn Street, was particularly fond of pink, and extremely susceptible to deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
I permitted one to alight on my flannel pyjamas, which I wore while en deshabille in camp. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
“He said it was in case the embassy caught on fire and I had to rush out en deshabille.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
The forlorn Pallet sat upright in his bed in a deshabille that was altogether extraordinary. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
Yvette responded calmly and audaciously, “Because you would not look well en deshabille.”. From Wordnik.com. [Yvette] Reference
It must have been near midnight, and Admiral Porter was in deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Complete] Reference
A woman in a rather coquettish deshabille watched over her with expert skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
It was the lawyer, in deshabille and very rough-haired; and very angry he looked. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories] Reference
We joked a bit about the silliness of us both being home mid-day in a state of deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [pilgrimsteps] Reference
McTavish household was instantly in the room, some of them in deshabille -- some armed -- all alarmed. From Wordnik.com. [The Settler and the Savage] Reference
Elizabeth Talbert is one of those women whose attraction increases with the negligee or the deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors] Reference
She came to herself in a normal condition and apologised to the missionary for her state of deshabille. From Wordnik.com. [The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow] Reference
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