odalisque

UK /ˈəʊd(ə)lɪsk/ US /ˈoʊdlɪsk/

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A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.

When the young Mauretanians were his guests in the little houses before the town gates, and he was of a good humour, it would come about that he displayed his odalisques as others would their jewels.

They grew fat, but successfully resisted the enticing odalisques with whom they were confronted.

A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

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When the young Mauretanians were his guests in the little houses before the town gates, and he was of a good humour, it would come about that he displayed his odalisques as others would their jewels.

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They grew fat, but successfully resisted the enticing odalisques with whom they were confronted.

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Though I could see the titan odalisques and their garden and knew them to be no more than dream-stuff recalled, I could not escape from their fascination and the memory of the dream.

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