nargileh
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Four hundred men, armed with nargileh or chibouque, inhaling and puffing with that ardour and enjoyment which men, after a hard day's hunting, and a repast of unusual solidity, can alone experience!
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, 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 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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 Albert Bigelow Paine
Darkush threw aside the tube of his nargileh, and, putting his hand very gently into the breast of his robe, he drew out a pigeon, dove-coloured, but with large bright black eyes.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
While searching about for the hakim, we pass near the zaptieh headquarters; the officers are enjoying their nargileh in the cool evening air outside the building, and seeing an Englishman, beckon us over.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens
