Evening ladies. Hope all's well around New Awlins. I sent out 31 postcards over a three day period from three diffenent post offices just for grins. At least one email/day, and I'm hoping I have put a dent in their fax machine paper supply. Nothing but the best for Petah the "Dervish"!
I learned something from Webster I didn't know; seems to fit Petah well, though:
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One entry found for dervish. Main Entry: der·vish
Pronunciation: 'd&r-vish
Function: noun
Etymology: Turkish dervis, literally, beggar, from Persian darvIsh
Date: 1585
1 : a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (as bodily movements leading to a trance)
2 : one that whirls or dances with or as if with the abandonment of a dervish |
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