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narghile

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nar·ghi·le also nar·gi·leh  (närg-l)
n.
See hookah.

[French narghilé, obsolete variant of narguilé, from Persian nrgleh, from nrgl, coconut (from which the receptacle was made), from Sanskrit nrikela, nlikera.]

narghile, nargile, nargileh [ˈnɑːgɪlɪ -ˌleɪ]
n
(Law / Recreational Drugs) another name for hookah
[from French narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh a pipe having a bowl made of coconut shell, from nārgīl coconut]
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Noun1.narghilenarghile - 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"
pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco


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A Turkish officer with an immense plume of feathers (the Janizaries were supposed to be still in existence, and the tarboosh had not as yet displaced the ancient and majestic head-dress of the true believers) was seen couched on a divan, and making believe to puff at a narghile, in which, however, for the sake of the ladies, only a fragrant pastille was allowed to smoke.
 
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