nargileh

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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 Paine, Albert Bigelow

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 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

He kissed the hand of Bishop Nicodemus, but then he sent his own nargileh to the Emir Ahmet Raslan, who was Caimacam of the Druses.

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

Coffee and nargileh discussed, my host moved an adjournment to the roof of the palace, where, he said, I should obtain a better view of his father's city.

From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry

Then one of the girls, leaving the apartment for a moment, returned with a nargileh of crystal, set by the most cunning artists of Damascus in a framework of golden filigree crusted with precious stones.

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