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Many Biskrans settle in the coast cities, especially Algiers, where they obtain employment as porters; hence, biskri = 'porter. The Arabic suffix -i corresponds to the English -an or -ite. 88 22 la patience lui échappa: 'he lost all patience'; cf. note to 4 24. 89 2 Le jour tombait: we say 'night was falling'; cf. la nuit tombait. 44 16, and
Rabelais's judge Bridoie and Beaumarchais's Brid'oison. le prit en grippe: 'took a dislike to him'; grippe formerly meant 'whim, 'fancy. 88 16 huit grands jours: 'a whole week. Huit jours = 'a week, quinze jours = 'a fortnight. 88 20 biskris: 'Biskran porters. Biskra is a city in Algeria, at the edge of the Sahara.
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