fakir's

Renouncement, lowliness, the Garb of Fakir, renouncement, fakir's garments be; In lowliness; patched and tattered clothes His robe of tatters and of rags still fares the devotee. his dress;

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

The morning of the second full day of the mission dawned blood-red and clear enough for us to be drawn to the tall, still column of smoke that hung in the humid air like the rope from a fakir's pot.

Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992

Susannah reared up on her haunches like a snake coming out of a Hindu fakir's basket.

The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

His long body was as thin as a fakir's, s6 pounds and pale.

Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986

It came out of the special release hatch like a cobra coming out of a fakir's basket at the sound of the pipes.

Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966

The youth began to dance, as cobras dance by compulsion to the tune of the fakir's fife.

Conan the Adventurer Howard, Robert E. 1966

XIX - THE ENDLESS TRAIL Hazel had used the ancient fakir's trick, brought to the west, so it is said, by an entertainer called Houdini, of breathing as shallowly as possible and going as quickly as may be into a coma.

The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

The orders he had received were to open up the country [9] between the Jumna and the Ganges, and he had not forgotten the little note from Havelock discovered in the fakir's platter.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

It seemed like some monstrous jugglery, something akin to the fakir's tricks that he had witnessed at Colombo where the impossible had seemed so clearly possible.

Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Lester Chadwick

I can't accept Mrs. Innes's invitation for the eighth, but -- Brookes and I are going to take tea with the fakir's monkeys on the top of Jakko tomorrow afternoon. '

The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeannette Duncan