Bathrobe
a long, loose, coat-like garment, often tied with a belt of the same material, worn before and after a bath, over sleepwear, or as leisure wear at home.
Contemporary Examples
“I fully expect him to show up in a bathrobe next time with disheveled hair,” Lehane joked in an interview.
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Why does Don sit out in the cold at the end of the episode—alone on his balcony in his bathrobe?
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Take a picture hugging a guest while wearing his or her bathrobe?
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However, on one summer evening, Mike arrives and Donna is dressed in a bathrobe.
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Eli fancies himself a bong-wielding Holden Caulfield in a bathrobe.
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Historical Examples
He flew into the hall where he had left his medicine-case, and Peter ran for a bathrobe.
The White Mice Richard Harding Davis
He wrapped his bathrobe carefully about him and opened the door.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Ellis Parker Butler
Diving into a bathrobe, he turned the water on for his bath, trotted to the front room and discovered the evasion of Mr. Iff.
The Bandbox Louis Joseph Vance
“I threw a bathrobe over my grip in the first place,” said Nan.
Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Annie Roe Carr
The captain put on his bathrobe, then went to the window and sat down there.
Cursed George Allan England
noun
a loose-fitting garment of towelling, for wear before or after a bath or swimming
(US & Canadian) a dressing gown
n.
1894, from bath (n.) + robe (n.).
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