Lexicographical Neighbors of Tekkie
Literary usage of Tekkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Central Asia: Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across by Ármin Vámbéry (1865)
"... did not pass through it, because, as our tekkie lay to the northeast, we should
have been forced to make our way through all the throngs in the bazar. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"Besides fourteen or fifteen tekkie's in Constantinople and the environs, ...
Each tekkie* is ruled by a Sheykh, assisted by a naseb-khalifeh, or deputy. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"Besides fourteen or fifteen tekkie's in Constantinople and the environs, ...
Each tekkie' is ruled by a Sheykh, assisted by a naseb-khalifeh, or deputy. ..."
4. Anastasius: Or, Memoirs of a Greek; Written at the Close of the Eighteenth by Thomas Hope (1819)
"... sort of Turkish friars who in their devout exercises twirl round in their
tekkie or Chapel, like tops. ..."
5. Arminius Vambéry: His Life and Adventures by Ármin Vámbéry (1884)
"The recommendation and introduction coming from such a source, we were received
in the most friendly manner by the chief of the tekkie ; and having indulged ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1865)
"He introduced Mr. Vambery to a relative of his own, who, besides being court
priest of the Emir, held the high office of khalfa or abbot of a tekkie, ..."
7. Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions (1992)
"While he is far from considering himself a "tekkie,'' Griffith took a few courses
on teaching with computers and has grown pretty comfortable with their use ..."
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