Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The part of a prepared hookah which contains the tobacco and fire, used by itself by poor people who cannot afford the luxury of a hookah. Fallon. Also
chilam .
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- noun A conical
pipe used for smokingmarijuana , usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or more rarely, wood and 100-150 mm long and 25-35 mm wide at the mouth.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Savary, &c. Masson describes a "chillum," or smoking apparatus, found embedded in an ancient wall in Beloochistan.
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The track shows leading lady Priyanka puffing a 'chillum' (pipe) while she sings 'Dum Maro, yeh hai Sahara'.
India eNews 2009
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The track shows leading lady Priyanka puffing a 'chillum' (pipe) while she sings "Dum Maro, yeh hai Sahara".
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Left, a man smoked a chillum, a clay pipe, while he waited to depart for the shrine, Tuesday.
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Left, a man smoked a chillum, a clay pipe, while he waited to depart for the shrine, Tuesday.
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Some of the Rafaees dont like me, that goes without saying, firstly the most important I dont smoke at all, so I dont buy hash, to be spent on the chillum rounds ..
The Rafaee at the Shrine « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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It spans from pre-2000 BC chillum-style pipes fashioned from puma bones, to mephedrone and other internet-distributed synthetic stimulants of the 21st century.
Drugs: the highs and lows Johnny Davis 2010
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Save those jersey pockets for the chillum and the energy gel you so devoutly endorse.
BSNYC Ride Report: Slippery When Hairy BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Out of all the queered out individuals i know that for some reason choose play this horribly lame sport, non of them ever listen to dystopia, earth, etc etc etc let alone partake in the chillum to my knowledge.
The Slap of Luxury: Vulgar Displays of Earning Power BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Ajmer is one place that drinks are taboo, but charas or hashish is a common feature , the hijras too smoke the chillum abundantly.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
yarb commented on the word chillum
He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum.
- Thackeray, Vanity Fair, ch. 58
December 3, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word chillum
"The Buddhist knelt and prayed angrily, while I shared a chillum with a crusty sadhu."
Psychogeography by Will Self, p 85
October 13, 2010