dahabeah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dahabeah
First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah
Example Sentences
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I regretted Miss Gilder's preference for a private dahabeah, so obvious, so millionairy!
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
One of Gordon's forms of recreation was to get out and help to pull his dahabeah.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger
And I want you and your friend Fenton to go up Nile in charge of the splendid steam dahabeah I've bought to supplement the Mediterranean trip.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
Until a few years age the tourist going up the Nile had to take a dahabeah.
From In Pastures New by George Ade
Yet, if you have just come from Egypt and three months on a dahabeah, you will not hesitate to call this luxurious mode of passing from Dan to Beersheba "roughing it in Palestine."
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
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