He found the chief engineer standing before his desk in some deshabille, filling a black briar.
"Command"
William McFee
The peacocks strutting about the grey stone balcony and perched upon the worn balustrade were in deshabille, not being accustomed to display their splendors to an empty paradise, and the few fat blackbirds who were hopping about on the lawn did so in a desultory manner, as though they were only half awake and had turned out under protest.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Dressed or in deshabille she was the same-ever beautiful.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid