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 Cadger.Cadme’an Letters (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ca’di,
 
among the Turks, Arabs, etc., is a town magistrate or inferior judge. “Cadi Lesker” is a superior cadi. The Spanish Alcaydë is the Moorish al cadi. (Arabic, the judge.)   1
 


 Cadger.Cadme’an Letters (The). 

 
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