gownless

The row of human male eyes were still dazzled from eyeing my gownless back with the silver familiar forming a long supple diamond dividing line down my spine.

Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

In the case of some people, that pretty much meant clothing-as-jewelry-or, as Frank had once put it, "gownless evening straps."

Chrome Circle Lackey, Mercedes 1994

In the case of some people, that pretty much meant clothing-as-jewelry-or, as Frank had once put it, -gownless evening straps.

The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

In the case of some people, that pretty much meant clothing-as-jewelry-or, as Frank had once put it, "gownless evening straps."

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

On we go; now visiting the railway station -- favourite hunting-ground of the Proctor -- now waiting while the theatre discharges its contents; for there the gownless student abounds and the Proctor's heart grows merry.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Various

My almost gownless condition has been a cause of great worry to me, but Pogue has promised to fix up my wardrobe with a rush, and after the necessary time for that in Cincinnati, I will hurry on to Columbus

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

My lord Bishop of Hereford was stuck up in the organ-loft and left, gownless and fuming.

Robin Hood 1917

The picture of those reportedly gownless backs had depressed him abominably.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

At eleven o'clock when Mr. Spurgeon, gownless and guiltless of white neck-tie, or other clerical insignia, unceremoniously walked on to the platform which serves him for pulpit, there was not a foot of vacant space in the vast area looked down upon from the galleries, for even the aisles were thronged.

Faces and Places 1884

There were present, too, some clerks, and a gown - and surplice-maker's assistant; two ladies who sported moral characters of various depths of shade, according to their company, nicknamed "Bower o 'Bliss" and "Freckles"; some horsey men "in the know" of betting circles; a travelling actor from the theatre, and two devil-may-care young men who proved to be gownless undergraduates; they had slipped in by stealth to meet a man about bull-pups, and stayed to drink and smoke short pipes with the racing gents aforesaid, looking at their watches every now and then.

Jude the Obscure 1896