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Turk, who with profound courtesy and amazing promptness had closed carriages at a rear door, and caused his _kavasses_ to clear the alley-way of prying eyes.

The Lighted Match Charles Neville Buck 1904

Then the throng of beggars dropped back under the pelting blows from heavy _naboots_ in the hands of _kavasses_.

The Lighted Match Charles Neville Buck 1904

Throughout the relief work in Macedonia we had employed Albanians in every post of trust -- as interpreters, guides, kavasses and clerks.

Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

Twenty ghaffirs went ahead with their naboots; then came the kavasses, then the Mudir mounted, with Dicky riding beside, his hand upon the holster where his pistol was.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

Then he had tried another tack: he had thrown in his interest with her first school in his mudirieh; he got her Arab teachers from Cairo who could speak English; he opened the large schoolhouse himself with great ceremony, and with many kavasses in blue and gold.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

Twenty ghaffirs went ahead with their naboots; then came the kavasses, then the Mudir mounted, with Dicky riding beside, his hand upon the holster where his pistol was.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

But as again and again the kavasses came and opened midnight doors and snatched away the young men, her influence had grown so fast that her presence brought comfort, and she helped to assuage the grief of the wailing women.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Then he had tried another tack: he had thrown in his interest with her first school in his mudirieh; he got her Arab teachers from Cairo who could speak English; he opened the large schoolhouse himself with great ceremony, and with many kavasses in blue and gold.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Then he had tried another tack: he had thrown in his interest with her first school in his mudirieh; he got her Arab teachers from Cairo who could speak English; he opened the large schoolhouse himself with great ceremony, and with many kavasses in blue and gold.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

But as again and again the kavasses came and opened midnight doors and snatched away the young men, her influence had grown so fast that her presence brought comfort, and she helped to assuage the grief of the wailing women.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897