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Negligee

noun
(Also spelled negligé and negligée)
1.
A loose dressing gown for women.  Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper.






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"Negligee" Quotes from Famous Books



... Madame gave her orders for the day, attended to a bit of dusting which she would trust no one else to do, gathered up the weekly mending and came into the living-room, where the guest sat, idly, robed in a gorgeous negligee of sea-green crepe which was fully as becoming as her dinner-gown had been the ...
— Master of the Vineyard • Myrtle Reed

... at sight of Helen, who attracted by the noise, had entered the room, and stood before him in a filmy negligee. ...
— Hidden Gold • Wilder Anthony

... "That's because you've never seen me in negligee. A woman's as old as she looks with her hair on the dresser and bed only a few minutes away. Do you know why I was decent to you in the first place? Because I was foolish enough to think that you reminded me of my own kid. Every fond mama is gump enough to think that every Greek god ...
— Roast Beef, Medium • Edna Ferber

... herself a glad little chansonnette as she changed her breakfast negligee for the freshest and loveliest of her spring frocks. She did not know why she was so happy. There had been no word of any one else being of the party, only she and Mrs. McBride, but Versailles would be exquisite on such a day, and ...
— Beyond The Rocks - A Love Story • Elinor Glyn



Words linked to "Negligee" :   woman's clothing, camisole, brunch coat, peignoir, wrapper



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