chibouk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chibouk
1805–15; < Turkish çibuk, variant of çubuk literally, shoot, sapling, staff
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Oh! some must tug the galley's oar, and some must tend the steed— This boy will bear a Scheik's chibouk, and that a Bey's jerreed.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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 Felix Moscheles
His face was deathly pale, and, dropping his chibouk, he called out for his oriental host.
From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Q. K. Philander Doesticks
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 M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham
Quackenbush, however, made the effort, but a spasmodic coughing put an end to further attempts, and the result was that another chibouk was called for.
From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Q. K. Philander Doesticks
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