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

Mr. Boggs said he would take a chibouk on trial.

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

With an arch smile the Pasha laid down his chibouk and left the room, and the black attendant conducted Lancey to his bedroom.

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

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