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  • noun Plural form of chibouk.

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Examples

  • At the close of the banquet, which consisted of not less than fifteen courses, we withdrew to a smoking-room, where the coffee was served and cigarettes and chibouks offered us -- the latter a pipe having a long flexible stem with an amber mouthpiece.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • At the close of the banquet, which consisted of not less than fifteen courses, we withdrew to a smoking-room, where the coffee was served and cigarettes and chibouks offered us -- the latter a pipe having a long flexible stem with an amber mouthpiece.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Osman Aga, whilst my servants spread a beautiful Persian carpet for my seat, and at the same time offered me one of my most costly amber-headed chibouks to smoke.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • Stone and brick benches, covered with cloths and coarse carpets, were ranged along the walls, and there was a fireplace where coffee and chibouks were prepared, and cloths dried.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 Various

  • Picturesque Arabs sat upon the ground, in groups, and solemnly smoked their long-stemmed chibouks.

    The Innocents Abroad — Volume 06 Mark Twain 1872

  • Picturesque Arabs sat upon the ground, in groups, and solemnly smoked their long-stemmed chibouks.

    The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

  • Most of them sat on low stools, smoking chibouks -- long pipes, with clay heads and amber mouth-pieces -- and drinking coffee.

    In the Track of the Troops 1859

  • At the close of the banquet, which consisted of not less than fifteen courses, we withdrew to a smoking-room, where the coffee was served and cigarettes and chibouks offered us -- the latter a pipe having a long flexible stem with an amber mouthpiece.

    Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete Philip Henry Sheridan 1859

  • At the close of the banquet, which consisted of not less than fifteen courses, we withdrew to a smoking-room, where the coffee was served and cigarettes and chibouks offered us -- the latter a pipe having a long flexible stem with an amber mouthpiece.

    Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Volume 2 Philip Henry Sheridan 1859

  • At the close of the banquet, which consisted of not less than fifteen courses, we withdrew to a smoking-room, where the coffee was served and cigarettes and chibouks offered us -- the latter a pipe having a long flexible stem with an amber mouthpiece.

    The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 6 Philip Henry Sheridan 1859

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