Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sheik .
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Examples
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Lord Beaconsfield; and at one of her parties, when the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present, by request of the hostess Burton dressed as a Bedawin shaykh, and Isabel as a Moslem woman of Damascus.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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We had thirty-six different races and creeds and tongues: grey-bearded Moslems, fierce-looking Druzes, a rough Kurdish chief, a Bedawin shaykh, a few sleek Jewish usurers, every one of the fourteen castes of Christians, the Protestant missionaries, and all the
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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At the end of the day, the shaykh returned and she showed him her work.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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After spending many more hours carefully and lovingly caressing the horse with the brush, she showed the shaykh her work.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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At the end of the day, the shaykh returned and she showed him her work.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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Every day she showed the shaykh her work, and every day he found it imperfect.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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Every day she showed the shaykh her work, and every day he found it imperfect.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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Every day she showed the shaykh her work, and every day he found it imperfect.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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After several months, when the shaykh yet again dismissed her brushing as inadequate, the woman exploded in fury.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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She told the shaykh that she sought the perfection that came from unity with God.
Kamran Pasha: Black Swan, Natalie Portman, and the Tragedy of Perfection Kamran Pasha 2010
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