Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native Egyptian policeman.
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- noun A
guard of atemple ortomb , especially inEgypt andPalestine .
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Examples
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"Backsheesh!" he said; "my grey Arab for a word with Yusef the ghaffir."
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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He was in so ill a humour that he would willingly have met his old enemy, Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, and settled their long-standing dispute for ever.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Mahommed Selim lives; or lived last quarter of the moon, so says Yusef the ghaffir.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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As they reached the outskirts of the village a sorry camel came with a sprawling gallop after them, and swaying and rolling above it was Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, his naboot of dom-wood across his knees.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Backsheesh!" he said; "my grey Arab for a word with Yusef the ghaffir."
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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He saw her also, but he kept his head turned away, taking a cigarette from young Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, as they passed on.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Over the heads of the Gippy soldiers, with their pipestem legs, his look flashed eagerly, then a little painfully -- then suddenly stayed, for it rested on the green turban of Yusef, the drunken ghaffir.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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As they reached the outskirts of the village a sorry camel came with a sprawling gallop after them, and swaying and rolling above it was Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, his naboot of dom-wood across his knees.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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He was in so ill a humour that he would willingly have met his old enemy, Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, and settled their long-standing dispute for ever.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Before another quarter was added to the moon, Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, at the door of Soada's hut in Beni Souef, told old Fatima the most wonderful tale, how Mahommed Selim had died on his sheepskin, having killed ten Dervishes with his own hand; and that a whole regiment had attended his funeral.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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