Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 131 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17] (continued 2)

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

Arab. “Mashrút shadak.” Ashdak is usually applied to a wide-chapped face, like that of Margaret Maultasch or Mickle-mouthed Meg. Here, however, it alludes to an accidental deformity which will presently be described.

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