Vulgar words in Arabian nights. English (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 8
bastard x 1
blockhead x 1
buffoon x 1
damn x 2
            
fart x 1
pimp x 2
piss x 1
slut x 1
            

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So I asked the neighbours of her and they answered, "This house hath been empty of habitants these many days; but three days agone there came a woman with an ass, and at supper-time last night she took her gear and went away."

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Whereupon all those who were in the place of women and neighbours flocked to me and fell a-mocking me and saying, "O pimp,[FN#57] what hadst thou to do with gallantry?"

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Now on the heap was a great copper tasse, and the thief buried himself in the corn and covered his head with the tasse, so that the folk found him not and went their ways; but as they were going, behold, there came a mighty great fart[FN#124] forth of the corn.

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Then came up Iblis (whom Allah damn!)

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Then said Wakhimah to her sister Kamariyah, "Yonder foul slut smelleth us and presently she will take to flight; so what be this inaction concerning her?

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The folk of the quarter heard him and assembled under the window; and when the Shaykh was ware of them, he opened the window and said to them, "Are ye not ashamed, O pimps?

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As soon as she was gone, I betook myself to Al-Rauzah and fell to building the pavilion, and when it was finished, I furnished it with the finest of furniture and sent to tell her that I had made an end to the edifice; whereupon she sent back to me, saying, "Let him meet me to-morrow about day-break at the Zuwaylah gate and bring with him a strong ass."

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2 of the "Cento Novelle Antiche," the first Italian collection of short stories, made in the 13th century, where a prisoner informs the king of Greece that a certain horse has been suckled by a she-ass, that a jewel contains a flaw, and that the king himself is a baker.

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"Yes," said one, "but he is a bastard."

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And not less diverting is the pelting the blockhead receives from his brother fullers--altogether, a capital story.

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Damn your soul for leading me into this danger!

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16) are the Moslem emblems of stupidity, as with us are the highly intelligent ass and the most sagacious goose.

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So Al-Harírí (Ass.

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Nothing was more ignoble than to quench such fire: hence in obloquy of the Fazár tribe it was said:-- Ne'er trust Fazár with an ass, for they Once roasted ass-pizzle, the rabble rout: And, when sight they guest, to their dams they say, "Piss quick on the guest-fire and put it out!"

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145, and Al-Hariri Ass.

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[FN#476] The dulce desipere of young lovers, he making a buffoon of himself to amuse her.

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