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Night-robe   /naɪt-roʊb/   Listen
noun
night-robe, nightrobe  n.  
1.
A loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women; a nightgown.
Synonyms: nightgown, nightie, nightdress.





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"Night-robe" Quotes from Famous Books



... he economized on the cost of a night-robe and the time it would consume to don and doff ...
— The Flaw in the Sapphire • Charles M. Snyder
... man's beaver, and produced from his own pocket a package of tobacco, whereupon the two sat down for a quiet smoke, Samuel chuckling to himself every now and again, Abe modestly seeking from time to time to cover his bare legs with the skirt of his pink-striped night-robe, not daring to reach for a blanket lest Samuel should call him names again. With the very first puff of his pipe, the light had come back into the invalid's eyes; with the second, the ashen hue completely left his cheek; and when he had pulled the tenth time ...
— Old Lady Number 31 • Louise Forsslund
... of the hour, at a third-floor window of one of the great apartment houses lining the Drive sat a young girl in her nightrobe, with her two great black braids flung forward over her shoulders, about which she had placed for warmth's sake a quilted negligee. Jane Strong was far too excited to sleep. An hour before she had come in from a wonderful party. The music still was playing mad tunes ...
— The Apartment Next Door • William Andrew Johnston
... charming effects of the bath. When finished, slip over your head a soft little shirt, high neck and short sleeves (a white silk or lisle thread is the best), the rosy skin beneath giving it the appearance of being lined with pink silk. Then comes the nightrobe, and next the pajama or lounging robe, which may be of anything, from flannel ...
— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke


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