The fakir wandered from one end of India to the other bringing much inspiration to each town. From LearnThat.org.
He could read the fellow thoroughly, and knew him to be what is commonly called a fakir, pure and simple. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall] Reference
When I read Lynch's use of "fakir" in reference to MacPherson, I thought it was just a mistake, either a typo or an "eggcorn". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: FAKIR/FAKER] Reference
The fakir is a liar if he is guilty of. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
"What's a 'fakir,' Toyman?" put in Marmaduke, very sleepily. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
If you think, and think rightly, the fakir does not get you. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
Dr. 1 druggist 2 education 2 fakir 2 false 3 father 2 friend 3. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Association in Insanity] Reference
Unfortunately the fakir did not improve the longer he stayed with us. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
"The fakir was never captured," says Pakistani scholar Husain Haqqani. From Wordnik.com. [A TROUBLED HUNT] Reference
A long time after this decree of the prophet, the fakir Mahomet went to. From Wordnik.com. [Malayan Literature] Reference
The fakir was in the bag into which he had been put, cold and inanimate. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
A little further down the street, another fakir was giving an exhibition. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
There were not wanting those in the profession who openly denounced him as a "fakir.". From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
He placed a piece of stuff before the fakir with 100 tahil of silver, and said to him. From Wordnik.com. [Malayan Literature] Reference
And now I am going to repeat a story at the risk of being denounced as a "nature fakir.". From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a Pioneer] Reference
And as he handed the poor blind fakir the small coin, he said to him, in a soothing voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Christianity and undergo the wide extension which results in the dervish and fakir developments. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Islam] Reference
After the fakir had lived here a while I went to call upon him, and squatted down beside the tomb. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
Terry's unsteady laugh rang through the big bungalow: "Go on, you fakir -- you're crying right now!". From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
The fakir was taken out, and no pulsation either at the heart or pulse indicated the presence of life. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
On our addressing him, the fakir pointed to a small wooden platter, making signs for us to examine it. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
"It is more easy to discover a white crow," muttered the fakir, "than know what a woman has in her heart.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
In such cases charitable persons always take it upon themselves to prevent the fakir from dying of starvation. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884] Reference
And by way of example he sat heavily on my periscope and stayed gazing at the ground like a fakir lost in meditation. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917] Reference
Though disguised in mean clothes he had been recognized by a fakir, who happened to be at the very spot where he landed. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Dr.K. 1 duty 1 exalted 1 faithful 2 fakir 2 fakirs 1 fat 3 father 15 follower 1 forgive 1 forgiveness 1 garb 2 gentleman 1. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Association in Insanity] Reference
Before their eyes, the fakir closed with wax all the apertures in his body (except his mouth) that could give entrance to air. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
J.P. ', a' political opportunist 'and' labour fakir ', who preached revolution and yet took office and title under capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 7] Reference
A visit to the fakir; his possessions; his manner of life; his temper; diminishing austerity; building his shanty; he settles down. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
Some excitement was caused on reaching camp by the appearance of a fakir seated under a tree close to where our tents were pitched. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
The materials for the shanty came in but slowly, so that it was some time before the fakir could be said to have a roof over his head. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
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