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

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

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

Marvellous matters, no doubt, that had to do with nargileh and magic and scimiters and flying carpets and scarcely imperceptible nods to the executioner who always hovered among the draperies in the background.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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