nargileh

Example Sentences

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Here the sheik often sat of an evening smoking his nargileh.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm

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 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A favorite way of passing the evening is to sit in front of one of these establishments, watching the passing throngs, and smoke a nargileh, this latter requiring a good half-hour to do it properly.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

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

If the Pasha of Damascus were to go himself, the Bedouins would unveil his harem while he was smoking his nargileh.'

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield