pipeful
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Marathon money went to one M. Lenoble, who made a pipeful last 51 min.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was only the sound made by a man in the corner who drew noisily on a pipeful of rum-flavored tobacco, causing it to glow on and off, a red disk in the dark.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
When the railroad men rewarded his little services with a pipeful or a package of his favorite brand, Stiggs was a very happy man.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
The Old Codger with the Wooden Leg was speaking confidentially in the ear of the twenty-first mate, in an effort to borrow a pipeful of tobacco.
From The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by Bowen, William
Jim Ogden, sauntering past, discovered him and wandered over to borrow a pipeful of tobacco.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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