nargileh

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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

He kissed the hand of Bishop Nicodemus, but then he sent his own nargileh to the Emir Ahmet Raslan, who was Caimacam of the Druses.

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

If the Pasha of Damascus were to go himself, the Bedouins would unveil his harem while he was smoking his nargileh.'

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

Then one of the girls, leaving the apartment for a moment, returned with a nargileh of crystal, set by the most cunning artists of Damascus in a framework of golden filigree crusted with precious stones.

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