Outside the hotel several Bedouin dragomans sauntered about or sat smoking and chatting; and a few camels and donkeys, saddled in readiness for hire, stood tethered near by.
BIG CREEK CAVE There is a cave at the mouth of Big Creek which is often used as a temporary camping place by hunters and fishermen.
The volume of water passing out varies with the seasons, but is sufficient at times to cover the entire floor of the side chamber and keep it swept free of earth and small gravel.
It is small, with very little level space in front of it, and water from the interior runs or seeps out of it, keeping the floor muddy throughout the year.
The second of the little pyramids below the large one is that whose construction is attributed to Honîtsonû, the daughter of Kheops, and with regard to which the dragomans of the Saite period told such strange stories to Herodotus.
History knows nothing either of this judicious sovereign or of many other Pharaohs of the same type, which the dragomans of the Greek period assiduously enforced upon the respectful attention of travellers.
It is very thoughtless, but it is in great measure the fault of the servants and dragomans who think they must not venture to tell their masters that pigeons are private property.
Luckily, the man sent the money by the next mail from Malta, and the Sheykh of the dragomans proclaimed it, and so Omar got it; but he would never have mentioned it else.
We are rather a grand procession, and quite enjoy the fury of the dragomans and other leeches who hang on the English at such independent proceedings, and Omar gets reviled for spoiling the trade by being cook, dragoman, and all in one.
Not a Turk has learnt anything practical, and the dragomans and servants employed by the English have learnt a strong appreciation of the value of a character for honesty, deserved or no; but many do deserve it.
Similar boats cost people withdragomans 50 to 65 pounds.
It certainly isn't a sign that a person cares for you because she prefers to look at your profile rather than at what the dragomans are trying to show her.
Verily, we get more of the Dragomans than of the Show.
And now the donkeys, and the donkey boys, and the dragomans were all standing at the steps of Shepheard's Hotel.
Some dragomans identified the Helen of the Homeric legend with the "foreign Aphrodite" who had a temple in the Tyrian quarter at Memphis, and who was really a Semitic divinity.
One enters, and from deeps below deeps hears the voices of dragomans booming through the names and titles of the illustrious and thrice-puissant dead.
Besides which, the condition, the ideas, and the very nature of these dragomans are completely Oriental.
The other gentlemen on coming up, adopted the choice of their dragomans and muleteers, near the water, after having the thorns and thistles cleared away.
Our Arabs, however, and the dragomans kept them singing till a late hour round the fires lighted among the tents.
The original employment of dragomans by the Turkish government arose from its religious scruples to use any language save those of peoples which had adopted Islamism.
Though such dragomans enjoyed by treaty the protection of the country employing them, they were by local interests and family ties very intimately connected with the Turks, and the disadvantages of the system soon became apparent.
In the same way banks, railway companies and financial institutions employ dragomans for facilitating their business relations with Turkish officials.
The high estimation in which the dragomans are held by most foreign powers is shown by the fact that they are usually and in the regular course promoted to the most important diplomatic posts.
But I've paid the best dragomans in town to look sharp; and they know as much about this old place as the police do, if not more.
He stood at some distance behind the pavement-merchants and self-advertising dragomans who pressed against the railing.
The dragomanswho bring crowds of tourists to our temple and gabble nonsense, put us really off our feed.
A courier arriving for the Alexandrian, informed him at last, that Mohammed the pearl of dragomans had been seen on the road to Egypt, beyond El Arish.
Just now there's no trafellers comin' to the country, so the dragomans just stand around and jolly well watch all what you do.
Several of the dragomans were there, including Abdullah, uncle of Iskender, who questioned Elias in no peaceful tone.
After repeated assurances of protection by the dragomans of the six European embassies, the refugees returned to their homes.
Mine eyes were dragomans for my tongue betied, i 121.
As the Allies thought the Ottoman Cabinet’s answer to their note was unsatisfactory, the first dragomans of the English, French, and Italian commissioners on the afternoon of April 1 again called upon the Ottoman Premier.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dragomans" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
