faquir
Americannoun
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faquirs
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But the faquir did not want others to do the same.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
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
Every morning at daybreak the servants of the community go round to each faquir, and inquire of him what provisions he wishes to have for his daily consumption....
From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald
"We do Khooda's work," replied the faquir, with a swagger.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
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
On Fridays and other-festivals these faquirs are obliged to go to the mosque in a body, preceded by their superior....
From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald
Most of the faquirs are bachelors, a few only being married.
From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald
The faquirs do not like to be photographed, and this follow in the upper picture was snapped just in the act of rising from his bed of spikes.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton
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