nargileh

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Four hundred men, armed with nargileh or chibouque, inhaling and puffing with that ardour and enjoyment which men, after a hard day's hunting, and a repast of unusual solidity, can alone experience!

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

He would, had it served his purpose, have smoked a pipe, but it would have been the jewelled nargileh of the Grand Mogul.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

Then, seating himself on the divan, he clapped his hands, and an attendant brought him his nargileh.

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

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