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 Wilhelm Hauff
He would, had it served his purpose, have smoked a pipe, but it would have been the jewelled nargileh of the Grand Mogul.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
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 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
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
