faker

Example Sentences

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If a Jew's death is announced to any muselman prince, fakeer, or alkaid, the expression is, Maat hashak asseedi, "He is dead, Sir."

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

In a retired spot, resting himself under a tree, was a holy person—a naked black fakeer, thin and skinny, and whitey-gray all over with ashes.

From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark

Alas!" answered the fakeer, "I begin to suspect that you are no true brother: you know we are communicative among ourselves, but secret to the world about us.

From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)

Approaching Doregow, met 3 pundits; also a fakeer, mounted on a pony; he was plastered over with sugar to collect flies, and was covered with them.

From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark

He cared no more for punishment than the fakeer for his self-inflicted tortures.

From Not Pretty, but Precious by De Forest, J. W. (John William)