fakir

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Definition of fakir

1 \ fə-ˈkir

, fä- , fa- ; ˈfā-kər \

a : a Muslim mendicant : dervish

b : an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker

2 \ ˈfā-kər

\ : impostor especially : swindler

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a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar

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