Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An easy, unceremonious attire; undress.
- noun A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.
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- noun a loose dressing gown for women
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Examples
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								As I looked up, very much in neglige, they were just moving the royal car on the parallel track, and there was Her Majesty looking through the window. 
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								It's like slutty leiderhosen neglige (and yes, it is way too short). Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Marie Clairvoyance Una LaMarche 2010 
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								Doesn't this look like Ursula the Sea Witch spilling out of a too-tight leather neglige? 
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								Doesn't this look like Ursula the Sea Witch spilling out of a too-tight leather neglige? 
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								It's like slutty leiderhosen neglige and yes, it is way too short. Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Marie Clairvoyance Una LaMarche 2010 
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								Anderson emerged from the ceiling wearing a lacy neglige and slithered seductively across three male dancers lying on the floor to finish her routine. 
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								I got the hand mixer, but I thought #2 was a neglige. 
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								What can we as parents do to ensure our children do not suffer the health effects of dangerous air quality and industry and government neglige ... Christine Escobar: Parents at the Heart of Chicago Environmental Justice Group 2008 
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								What can we as parents do to ensure our children do not suffer the health effects of dangerous air quality and industry and government neglige ... Christine Escobar: Parents at the Heart of Chicago Environmental Justice Group 2008 
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								He makes himself remarked also by his “neglige,” if we may borrow from Moliere the word which Eliante uses to express the want of personal neatness. A Daughter of Eve 2007 
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