GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Nargile (?), Nargileh (?), n. [Per. nārghīl, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form.
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