genie

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And yet I can't remember ever having found a queer old jar at the seashore, nor having released a good geni from its smoky insides.

From Mr. Bingle by McCutcheon, George Barr

S. i. i 2. genitive; geni i Saa, a Sa'a woman; ro kesi kurui bata, two pieces of money; used to express purpose, lea i fasifa, go to purchase.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)

Indeed, it seemed as if some geni had touched all around it with a magic wand.

From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Day, Mary L.

Babouc, though a Scythian, and sent by a geni, found, that should he continue much longer in Persepolis, he would forget even the angel Ithuriel.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

So for the last time the geni comes forth and spreads his rugs and carpets of white—the last flowers of the year.

From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph