chibouk

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The slave then filled the bowl of a long-stemmed chibouk, and, handing it to his master, retired behind him and began to fan him with the most prodigious palm-leaf I ever saw.

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  • He received me in his usual quiet manner; and when I had related all my misfortunes, he puffed out a long volume of smoke from his never-failing chibouk, and exclaimed, with a deep sigh, ‘_Allah kerim! —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
  • I chose the chibouk, and as the stem of mine was studded with precious stones of enormous value, I thought I should enjoy it the more; but the tobacco being highly flavored with some sort of herbs, my smoke fell far short of my anticipations. —  The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 6
  • The slave then filled the bowl of a long-stemmed chibouk, and, handing it to his master, retired behind him and began to fan him with the most prodigious palm-leaf I ever saw. —  The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
  • My uncle, lounging in the corner of a small couch, smoked his long Turkish chibouk in silence. —  A Personal Record
  • Out of his back, somewhere, apparently, the long stem of a chibouk projected, and reached far above his right shoulder. —  The Innocents Abroad
 

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  1. Turkish dialectal çibuk, from çubuk, shoot, twig, staff, from Old Turkic chubuq, chībīq, diminutive of chīp, chīb-, branch.
 

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