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Neglige

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






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"Neglige" Quotes from Famous Books



... quiet, cultivated folk in whose good opinion lies the destiny of really worthy literature, are, as a rule, friendly to Trollope; not seldom they are devoted to him. Such people peruse him in an enjoyably ruminative way at their meals, or read him in the neglige of retirement. He is that cosy, enviable thing, a bedside author. He is above all a story-teller for the middle-aged and it is his good fortune to be able to sit and wait for us at that half-way house,—since we all arrive. Of course, to say this is to acknowledge his limitations. ...
— Masters of the English Novel - A Study Of Principles And Personalities • Richard Burton



Words linked to "Neglige" :   woman's clothing, camisole, brunch coat



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