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Examples
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And she came hurrying in her night-gown, hair all disordered, eyes starting with terror.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Eugenie, in her night-gown and with naked feet, ran to her side and kissed her brow.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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The little one fled from the night-gown and cap with which he was threatened now and again, and stoutly declined to part with his embroidered collar, laughing when his mother called to him, for he saw that she too was laughing at this declaration of infant independence.
A Woman of Thirty 2007
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The child had thrown down the coverings, and her deformity, as she lay with her back to them, was plainly visible through her slight night-gown.
A House to Let 2007
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And so caused his boots to be pulled off, and his night-gown and night-cap and slippers to be sent for; and made the Emperor stay till he could go in his night-dress, since he might not go as a soldier.
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Enter Isabella in her night-gown, as to bedward, with lights, after her,
The White Devil 2007
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Enter Isabella in her night-gown, as to bedward, with lights, after her,
The White Devil 2007
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They had suffered the unfortunate Porteous to put on his night-gown and slippers, as he had thrown off his coat and shoes, in order to facilitate his attempted escape up the chimney.
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As she had no dressing-gown with her she put on her long fur coat over her night-gown, threw some logs on the fire, and lay down.
The Arrow of Gold 2006
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I hung over him and then — and then I nearly ran out of the house just as I was, in my night-gown.
The Arrow of Gold 2006
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