Informal woman's dress-like garment worn around the house.
1 Mrs. Gray, in an attractive mauve house - gown , came in from the kitchen.
2 She had exchanged her tailor-suit for a dainty house - gown .
3 At first glance you would think it was nothing more than an ordinary house - gown , but only at first glance.
4 She wore a house - gown of white muslin sprigged with violets, and a long Marie Antoinette fichu, pale green and diaphanous.
5 It could be seen now that he wore a long house - gown of black silk, skilfully moulded to his erect, shapely, and rounded form.
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