Odalisque n. (Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. "Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode."
... he told me in a Mysterious Whisper the Story of the Malay Dagger, "Guiltless of all Guile," the Vitreous Eye of that Quaintly Carved Odalisque—for such my fevered fancy Pictured it—was ever Glaring at ... — Love Instigated - The Story of a Carved Ivory Umbrella Handle • Douglass Sherley
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