chi·bouk

also chi·bouque (chĭ-bo͞ok′, shĭ-)

A Turkish tobacco pipe having a red clay bowl and a slender stem that is often several feet in length.

[Turkish dialectal çıbuk, stick, rod, chibouk (equivalent to modern Turkish çubuk); akin to Old Turkic čıbuq, čubuq, stick, from diminutive of čıp, čıb-, branch.]

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Both laid themselves down on the divan; chibouques with jasmine tubes and amber mouthpieces were within reach, and all prepared so that there was no need to smoke the same pipe twice.

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