jinnee

Example Sentences

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There were signs that Franklin Roosevelt was trying to stuff Jesse Jones, the jinnee he created, back in a jar.

From Time Magazine Archive

His enemies, who abound, admitted that in peacetime Mr. Jones had been a good jinnee from a banker's point of view.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last, through the aid of a friendly jinnee, the hero recovers her, captures the ape, and encloses it forever in a bottle of brass.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

At any moment you might touch a convenient bell, and a waiter would appear at your elbow, like a jinnee from a jar, and accept an order with silent deference.

From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian