odalisque

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  • She had lain like an odalisque, lounging upon her whorled side, affording an unobstructed and, perhaps, immodest view of her tannish outer lip, her creamy inner lip, and the heavenly pinks of her opening, her aperture. —  Skinny Legs and All
  • Like the odalisque, the moon seems filled to overflowing with sweetmeats and sperm, but the haze through which it rises is emaciated, phlegm-choked, and dappled with sores that almost certainly are malignant. —  Skinny Legs and All
  • Beyond him was his silk-draped bed and one of his construct servants, a lovely animated Alphonse Mucha odalisque, to massage his weary shoulders. —  The Otherworld
  • It showed an odalisque, a love slave from a harem. " —  Kiss the Girls
  • When the moon goes, the odalisque goes with it. —  Skinny Legs and All
 

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  1. French, from Turkish ōdalik, chambermaid : ōdah, room + -lik, suff. expressing function.
 

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/ˈoʊdəlɪsk/
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