jinnee
Example Sentences
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There were signs that Franklin Roosevelt was trying to stuff Jesse Jones, the jinnee he created, back in a jar.
From Time Magazine Archive
His enemies, who abound, admitted that in peacetime Mr. Jones had been a good jinnee from a banker's point of view.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The jinnee of the waste?" the Master answered, in a low tone.
From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan
Madame said she liked to have him around, for he was more like some unobtrusive jinnee than a mere mortal.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway
Brown moved the lamp, and its beams fell on a rifleman who stood close beside him at attention—like a jinnee formed suddenly from empty blackness.
From Told in the East by Mundy, Talbot
