morning-cap

“If the bridegroom tells us, that we please him better in a morning-cap than in the finest head-dress, no discreet young woman will disturb herself about her hair-dressing; and nothing is more natural than that he too should think solidly, and rather wish to form a housewife for himself, than a gaudy doll for others.”

Confessions of a Fair Saint. Book VI

“Guppy, as lovers will, abandoned himself to blissful dreams of the possible home that should grow out of his lofty passion, it was another vision that he saw; it was the high-born Helen coming down to breakfast in a sweet morning-cap, a neat-handed Phillis.”

From the Easy Chair — Volume 01

“An embroidered muslin morning-cap was placed with an air of much precision over her glossy brown _imported_ locks, and the pointed collar around her neck was secured by a plain bow of fawn-colored ribbon.”

Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems

“She had only taken time to throw a loose wrapper around her shoulders; and her dishevelled hair streamed out from under a kind of coquettish morning-cap.”

The Clique of Gold

“The widow had replaced her morning-cap with one of black tulle.”

Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02