chibouk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chibouk
1805–15; < Turkish çibuk, variant of çubuk literally, shoot, sapling, staff
Example Sentences
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"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
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.
He performs his daily labor, makes his prostrations, smokes his chibouk, and lives oblivious of care.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
He pointed out landmarks with his long chibouk, carried an old flintlock, and seemed to live in terror of enemies.
From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)
Redbeard, as Lancey called him, mentally, reclined on a couch and smoked a chibouk.
From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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