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Paris Hamburgh, or Constantinople, ever inhales the choicest growths, and the Mussulman's 'keyf' is proverbial.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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it's from the Arabo-Persian keyf 'opiate; intoxication; pleasure, enjoyment' borrowed into English in various forms, listed in the OED as kef 'a state of drowsiness or dreamy intoxication, such as is produced by the use of bhang; the enjoyment of idleness; dolce far niente'.
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