hareem
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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From Time Magazine Archive
He is one of the few novelists on record who can spatter their pages with italicized words�jellabias, bassourabs, girbas, tohs, fil-fil, mehara, hareem, Bismillah!�without seeming unduly affected.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mother used to take him to visit an officer’s wife who had been brought up in the hareem of the Pasha’s mother.
From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet
"I'm turned out of the hareem," she said, apropos of the mention of him, "in disgrace."
From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
I send you my long plaits by Alick, for I had my hair cut short as it took to falling out by handfuls after my fever, and moreover it is more convenient Turkish hareem fashion.
From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet
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