black-a-vice

Updated: May 24, 2025

Wilt thou cut off my hand, because I ate of a ragout and did not wash? And the girls interceded with her, saying, 'O our sister, forgive him this once! But she said, 'By Allah, I must and will dock him of somewhat! Then she went away and I saw no more of her for ten days, at the end of which time, she came in to me and said, 'O black-a-vice, I will not make peace with thee, till I have punished thee for eating ragout of cumin-seed, without washing thy hands! Then she cried out to the maids, who bound me; and she took a sharp razor and cut off my thumbs and toes, as ye have seen.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I