chibouk

American  

[chi-book, -book] / tʃɪˈbuk, -ˈbʊk /

Or chibouque

noun

1. a Turkish tobacco pipe with a stiff stem sometimes 4 or 5 feet (1.2 or 1.5 meters) long.

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chibouk British  

/ tʃɪˈbuːk /

noun

1. a Turkish tobacco pipe with an extremely long stem

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Etymology

Origin of chibouk

1805–15; < Turkish çibuk, variant of çubuk literally, shoot, sapling, staff

Example Sentences

Oh! some must tug the galley's oar, and some must tend the steed— This boy will bear a Scheik's chibouk, and that a Bey's jerreed.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Quackenbush, however, made the effort, but a spasmodic coughing put an end to further attempts, and the result was that another chibouk was called for.

From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

We had a good Arab dinner, with the national kouskous, followed by a chibouk.

From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.

Mr. Spout coincided, and called also for a chibouk.

From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

He led Lancey to the room in which they had first met, and, seating himself on a divan, lighted his chibouk.

From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)