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

After having partaken of coffee and sherbet, with the usual accompaniment of a chibouk, we set out for the tombs of our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis

She remembered seeing somewhere a picture of some Sultan of the East reclining on a divan and smoking a chibouk.

From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe

"The great lady" smoked a chibouk, but did not offer it to the others.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis

A boy of sixteen or eighteen was occupied incessantly in filling, lighting, and cleaning the chibouk of his master.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert