Lexicographical Neighbors of Nargiles
Literary usage of Nargiles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"... covered with brocade, beautiful china-ware, and nargiles,' or pipes, adorned
witli silver. So far, indeed, is Mr. Burckhardt from agreeing with Ali Bey, ..."
2. Russia by Astolphe Custine (1844)
"More is probably gained on the smaller articles, such as the very curiously cut
glass eggs, which are used as Easter presents, and the " nargiles" (water ..."
3. The Story of My Struggles: The Memoirs of Arminius Vambéry by Ármin Vámbéry (1904)
"... gradually dropped, and the rattling of the nargiles began to subside.
They listened to the love-sick lamentations of ..."
4. Around the Black Sea by William Eleroy Curtis (1911)
"We saw a few nargiles — those long-tubed water pipes which are generally associated
with cross-legged ..."
5. Around the Black Sea by William Eleroy Curtis (1911)
"We saw a few nargiles — those long-tubed water pipes which are generally associated
with cross-legged Turks — in Constantinople, but did not find ..."
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