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hubble-bubble

[huhb-uhl-buhb-uhl] / ˈhʌb əlˌbʌb əl /


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That is chiefly because Charles Gates, the eldest, swears picturesquely and used to smoke a hubble-bubble pipe.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Sunnis and Shi'ites played on the same sports teams and shared hubble-bubble pipes over domino games in cafes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Puffing worriedly on a hubble-bubble water pipe, Solh told newsmen that he could have been butchered as was Iraq's Nuri asSaid "if the American forces had been 24 hours late."

From Time Magazine Archive

Stiffly the B. C. C.'s corresponding secretary explained that he was referring to the T. C. C. "an order for a hubble-bubble received from a wealthy American who lives on Rhode Island."

From Time Magazine Archive

And on such occasions she would mimic him ridiculingly, to diminish his complaints, while Emmy roughly relighted the hubble-bubble and patted her father once more into a contented silence.

From Nocturne by Swinnerton, Frank




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