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chibouk
[ chi-book, -book ]
noun
- a Turkish tobacco pipe with a stiff stem sometimes 4 or 5 feet (1.2 or 1.5 meters) long.
chibouk
/ tʃɪˈbuːk /
noun
- a Turkish tobacco pipe with an extremely long stem
Word History and Origins
Origin of chibouk1
Word History and Origins
Origin of chibouk1
Example Sentences
Turkish: bey, chibouk, chouse, janissary, kiosk, tulip.
Western-style schools are a prime target for their attacks, which include several secondary school massacres and the abduction of 200 school girls in April from the village of Chibouk.
In half an hour I was in the full enjoyment of a Turkish bath; lolled half an hour on a divan, with chibouk and coffee, and came out fresh as if I had spent the last three weeks training for the ring.
We again made a circuit among the ruins; examined particularly those of the library, where we found an old woman who had once been an attendant there, living in a little room in the cellar, completely buried under the stones of the fallen building; and returning, sat down with a chibouk before the door of an old Turkish coffee-house fronting the harbour.
There were, perhaps, fifty Turks inside and out; sitting cross-legged, smoking the chibouk, and drinking coffee out of cups not larger than the shell of a Madeira-nut.
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