nargileh

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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

Coffee and nargileh discussed, my host moved an adjournment to the roof of the palace, where, he said, I should obtain a better view of his father's city.

From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry

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

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

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