chibouk

or chi·bouque

[ chi-book, -book ]

noun

1. a Turkish tobacco pipe with a stiff stem sometimes 4 or 5 feet (1.2 or 1.5 meters) long.

chibouk

/ tʃɪˈbuːk /

noun

1. a Turkish tobacco pipe with an extremely long stem

Word History and Origins

Origin of chibouk¹

1805–15; < Turkish çibuk, variant of çubuk literally, shoot, sapling, staff

Word History and Origins

Origin of chibouk¹

C19: from French chibouque, from Turkish çubuk pipe

Example Sentences

Redbeard, as Lancey called him, mentally, reclined on a couch and smoked a chibouk.

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Constantine knocked the ashes out of his chibouk before replying.

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Ali shrugged his shoulders and took his chibouk from the hands of the page who carried it.

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Mr. John Howe sat comfortably in his easy-chair, smoking his chibouk.

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We had a good Arab dinner, with the national kouskous, followed by a chibouk.

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