djin
Americannoun
plural
djins,plural
djinExample Sentences
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If he was not a djin, he was just as ugly.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
The differences between the Western fairy and the Eastern peri, dive, djin, or whatever one chooses to call her, him, or it, though not at all easy to define, are exceedingly easy to feel.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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 Loti, Pierre
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 Loti, Pierre
His legs are undoubtedly the best in all Nagasaki, and whenever I am in a hurry, I always beg Madame Prune to send down to the djin stand, and engage my cousin.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre
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