"Shroff" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by his father's tomb behold, there came to him a Jew as he were a Shroff, [FN397] a money-changer, with a pair of saddle-bags containing much gold, who accosted him and kissed his hand, saying, "Whither bound, O my lord; 'tis late in the day and thou art clad but lightly, and I read signs of trouble ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton |
