Bedroom slipper
a slipper for use within the house, often heelless and backless and with a flexible sole, of leather or any of various fabrics.
Historical Examples
She had on a sort of bedroom slipper, and I wore the usual cowboy boots.
The Killer Stewart Edward White
Mules, like their namesakes in the animal world, are hybrid things, the offspring of a dancing pump and a bedroom slipper.
Pipefuls Christopher Morley
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