Definition of Narghile

1. Noun. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. "A bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"


Definition of Narghile

1. Noun. A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Narghile

1. a hookah [n -S] - See also: hookah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Narghile

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narcs
nardcore
narded
nardine
narding
nardo
nardoo
nardoos
nards
nardus
nare
nares
nargery
narghile (current term)
narghiles
narghily
nargile
nargileh
nargilehs
nargiles
nargilies
nargily
nargs
narial
naric
narica
naricorn
naricorns

Literary usage of Narghile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, Together with a by William Bragge (1880)
"narghile Bowl; body of deep blue enamel, with six vertical belts of ... narghile Bowl; body of bluish green enamel; upper and lower casings of brass, ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1895)
"And here I think it wise to emphasise the distinction between the hookah and its feebler imitation, the " narghile." All hookahs stand erect by themselves. ..."

3. Turkey of the Ottomans by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1915)
"Turks of the lower class resort to the coffee-house in the early morning for a cheering cup and narghile before betaking themselves to their daily ..."

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