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Definition of Bathrobe
1. Noun. A loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim.
Definition of Bathrobe
1. Noun. A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn to preserve modesty when there is no immediate need to fully dress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bathrobe
1. a housecoat [n -S] - See also: housecoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathrobe
Literary usage of Bathrobe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War by Charles Sheehan-Miles (2007)
"My bathrobe, casually worn on my best friend's body. ... I can't believe he was
wearing my bathrobe. Destin - I took the bathrobe from the hotel there, ..."
2. The President: A Novel by Alfred Henry Lewis (1904)
"A bathrobe is not a costume calculated to teach one the wearer's fineness.
To say best, a bathrobe is but a savage thing. It is the garb most likely to ..."
3. Zazà: A Lyric Comedy in Four Acts by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pierre Berton, Charles Simon (1919)
"... piano—there the dust is The bathrobe on the screen will clean it quickest!
(She takes the robe io wipe the piano; bell rings; ..."
4. The Book of Business Etiquette by Nella Braddy Henney (1922)
"The ties remind him that he needs a bathrobe. An agreeable clerk sells him a dull
figured bathrobe, comfortable and light for summer and guaranteed to wash, ..."
5. The Amazing Interlude/the Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2000)
"I would come in person to ask you, but am spending the morning in my bathrobe,
while my one remaining American suit is being pressed. ..."
6. The Red Cross Magazine by American national Red cross (1917)
"The boy in the blue bathrobe had a point to make with regard to this last advantage.
"A man here was so sick the other day—I never saw a man so sick and ..."
7. Trailin' by Max Brand (1920)
"The deputy met him, clad in a bathrobe and carrying a lamp. Under the bathrobe
he was fully dressed. "Thought your game was called, eh? ..."
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