THE DOCTOR AND THE DIVA by Adrienne McDonnell
fellahin - On that bridge very motley mode of transportation could be seen: camels, wagons, fellahin on foot, fashionable French motorcars. (p. 301)
fellahin: a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
3 comments:
That's a new word for me, too! Thanks for participating!
I've never heard of fellahin either. Interesting word!
I like that word...it rolls of the tongue nicely. Now, if only I could find a way to use it in a sentence...could I say of the homeless guys in Seattle that they look like fellahin? Probably not.
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