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I spent it in a village of the mountains at a very curious hostelry, kept by a fat native Christian, named Elias, who laid claim, upon the signboard, to furnish food and lodging 'alafranga' -- that is, in the modern
Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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We returned, then, to the 'alafranga' hostelry; but Rashîd, having heard the story of my sleepless night, would not allow me to put up there.
Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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The mangas in the kapheneion would think he had given up being a Europeanised alafranga and turned into one of those traditionalist fustanellophoroi.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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