djin
Americannoun
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djins,
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djin
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Had he been a sprite, or a djin, he couldn’t have popped up with more startling rapidity.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
If in the raw morning hours a donkey brays, the men are very much perturbed, for they know that the poor beast has seen a djin.
From Morocco by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
This thought kept my mind on the alert during the panting journey we have been making, the djin and myself, one dragging the other, under the merciless downpour.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
Not having the honor of being acquainted with any of them in particular, I choose at haphazard the djin with the umbrella and get into his little cart, of which he carefully lowers the hood.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
My djin had fastened up his little cart under a tree, and together we clambered the steep path on the slippery red soil.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
During this whole day we—Yves, Chrysantheme, Oyouki and myself—have spent the time wandering through dark and dusty nooks, dragged hither and thither by four quick-footed djins, in search of antiquities in the bric- a-brac shops.
From Madame Chrysantheme — Volume 3 by Pierre Loti
Nobody ever goes there, because the people say that it is inhabited by djins and evil spirits, so that no one dares to go and fetch away the stones.”
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
Long lines of djins pass by, dragging as fast as their naked legs can carry them, the crew of the Triomphante, who are shouting and fanning themselves.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
Nor do I think at heart the boys felt so bad as their father about the djins and the devils, the powers of the earth and the powers of the air.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
“And the djins and evil spirits,” cried Lawrence.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
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