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

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)

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

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

Tyeglev pondered, heaved a deep sigh and dropping his chibouk out of his hand, informed me that that day was a very important one for him.

From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

He had trained himself to this truly military bearing by practising his most difficult passages whilst he smoked a long Turkish chibouk, the cup of which rested on the ground.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

“Heskiwin, ’e’s a good un too, hain’t ’e, Bobo?” asked Lancey, pointing with his thumb to the tall Turk, who sat cross-legged beside him smoking a chibouk.

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