Feringhee

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Noun

Feringhee (plural Feringhees)

  1. Obsolete spelling of firangi.
    • 1890 February, A Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett , →OCLC, page 242:
      The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you.

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