hadji
Americannoun
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hadjis
plural
noun
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To a few eminently respectable travellers, however, the hadji graciously accords the coveted privilege of squatting around our fire and chatting.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
The hadji rises early and replenishes the fire, and with his little brass teapot we make and drink a glass of tea together before starting out.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
In his wrath and determination to make a lasting impression of each blow given, the hadji emphasizes each visitation with a very audible grunt; and, to speak correctly, so does the horse.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
I suspected another trick, but when, after the lapse of three hours, François found the hadji sitting on the ground, weeping, and Achmet beating his breast, it seemed probable that the story was true.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor
She looked round and recognized the back of the hadji, hurrying away....
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Louis Couperus
While the prospective hadjis were still scattering affable salaam aleikums around the airport, Russian-embassy personnel arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bridegroom has to make settlements on the bride, and the bride's father has to keep open house for weeks, besides fees to the hadjis, and gunpowder ad libitum.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall
"It is only to hadjis," observed Yussuf, "that I give this great proof of my skill."
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
As the mass of the Javanese regard the native princes as traitors and apostates, the Arab priests and hadjis have come to be recognized as the popular leaders.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
They fought, they hustled one another around the hadjis, to be the first to give the kiss.
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Louis Couperus
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