Deef

Passing through this territory of encampments, when travellers are disposed to sleep at a douar, one of the party presents himself at the confines of the encampment, and exclaims (_Deef Allah_) "The guest of God."

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

Deef I am, and dumb, as ye should be for the sake iv your mother; an 'never once have I opened me lips but to say fine things iv them an' him, God curse his soul, an 'may he rot in purgatory ten thousand years, and then go down to the last an' deepest hell iv all!

Chapter 6 1904

List, th 'Deef Mute's Spokesman, th' Morgue Life, the Bill iv Fare, th '

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

"They're ready to get started when we are," Deef said.

Minnesota Premier Publications - Southwest Journal Stories 2010

Deef outs one particularly lauded part, a letter by the protagonist's mother, to be merely a German translation of the song

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

Deef outs one particularly lauded part, a letter by the protagonist's mother, to be merely a German translation of the song

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

Deef I am, and dumb, as ye should be for the sake iv your mother; an’ never once have I opened me lips but to say fine things iv them an’ him, God curse his soul, an’ may he rot in purgatory ten thousand years, and then go down to the last an’ deepest hell iv all!

Chapter 6 2010

Castle Deef, in the harbor of Marseilles, that dug himself out that way; how long was HE at it, you reckon?”

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

Deef I am, and dumb, as ye should be for the sake iv your mother; an 'never once have I opened me lips but to say fine things iv them an' him, God curse his soul, an 'may he rot in purgatory ten thousand years, and then go down to the last an' deepest hell iv all! "

The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896

Why, look at one of them prisoners in the bottom dungeon of the Castle Deef, in the harbor of Marseilles, that dug himself out that way; how long was he at it, you reckon? "

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884