narghile
or nar·gi·le, nar·gi·leh
a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
Origin of narghile
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How to use narghile in a sentence
I used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltHe was squatting on the floor next to an oriental coffee tray poking at a narghile that had gone out.
The Song of Songs | Hermann SudermannHe is sitting on a cushion, leaning against the wall and smoking his narghile.
The Syrian Christ | Abraham Mitrie RihbanyHis meal over, the young Turk stretches himself on the floor in true Eastern style, and begins carelessly to smoke a narghile.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter | Henry MurgerThe amber mouthpiece of a narghile was between her lips and she was enveloped in a cloud of pale smoke.
Tartarin de Tarascon | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for narghile
nargile or nargileh
/ (ˈnɑːɡɪlɪ, -ˌleɪ) /
another name for hookah
Origin of narghile
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