faquir
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Said the shepherd to the Cogia, ‘Art thou a faquir?’
From The Turkish Jester or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi by Borrow, George Henry
The faquir paid not the slightest attention, but continued holding out his tongs with the dish at the end of it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
"Sit down, crow," said the blind faquir unkindly and there was a snigger.
From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher
This was part of an old curse picked up from a faquir by the Taksali Gate in the days of Kim's innocence.
From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard
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