nargileh

Example Sentences

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By him was a running footman, holding his nargileh, to which the Emir frequently applied his mouth as he rode along.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

This nargileh, whose hue betrays Perique from soft Louisiana, In Egypt once beguiled the days Of Tewfik's dreamy-eyed Sultana.

From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various

A favorite way of passing the evening is to sit in front of one of these establishments, watching the passing throngs, and smoke a nargileh, this latter requiring a good half-hour to do it properly.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

His baffled brain whirled with wild and impracticable combinations, till, at length, frightened and exhausted, he called for his nargileh, and sought, as was his custom, serenity from its magic tube.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

While searching about for the hakim, we pass near the zaptieh headquarters; the officers are enjoying their nargileh in the cool evening air outside the building, and seeing an Englishman, beckon us over.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas