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Thousand and One Nights   /θˈaʊzənd ənd wən naɪts/   Listen
Thousand and One Nights

noun
1.
A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century.  Synonyms: Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights' Entertainment.





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"Thousand and One Nights" Quotes from Famous Books



... but I can play twenty-three games on the cards. I can dance the last dance, I can hunt the stag, and I think I could shoot flying. I can talk as wicked as any woman of my years, and know enough stories to amuse a sulky husband for at least one thousand and one nights. I have a pretty taste for dress, diamonds, gambling, and old China. I love sugar-plums, Malines lace (that you brought me, cousin, is very pretty), the opera, and everything that is useless and ...
— The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. • W. M. Thackeray
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Words linked to "Thousand and One Nights" :   folktale, folk tale, Aladdin's lamp


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