Definitions

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  • noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

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Examples

  • Many majlises have been exchanged with the imported culture of coffee houses that serve tobacco called sheesha or hubbly-bubbly.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: How Urbanisation Is Changing Emirati Identity Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

  • Breathe, focus inwardly, and trust your gut as the best travel guide - especially when things go unexpectedly hubbly-bubbly.

    Lisa Haisha: When Plans Go Hubbly Bubbly - Part Two 2009

  • Iraqis watch television at home, while smoking hubbly-bubbly in Baghdad cafes, while gazing up from plates of lamb and blackened tomatoes over lunch, and on small screens behind the grocery shop cashier.

    Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude 2010

  • Controversial Scotland Yard Commander Ali Dizaei - already the subject of a separate misconduct inquiry - had accused Waad Al-Baghdadi of assaulting him with the mouthpiece of a traditional Middle Eastern 'hubbly-bubbly' water pipe.

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Now Met boss Dizaei is accused of 'making up' evidence against suspect accused of attacking him with a hubbly-bubbly pipe

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Controversial Scotland Yard Commander Ali Dizaei - already the subject of a separate misconduct inquiry - had accused Waad Al-Baghdadi of assaulting him with the mouthpiece of a traditional Middle Eastern 'hubbly-bubbly' water pipe.

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Now Met boss Dizaei is accused of 'making up' evidence against suspect accused of attacking him with a hubbly-bubbly pipe

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Controversial Scotland Yard Commander Ali Dizaei - already the subject of a separate misconduct inquiry - had accused Waad Al-Baghdadi of assaulting him with the mouthpiece of a traditional Middle Eastern 'hubbly-bubbly' water pipe.

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Now Met boss Dizaei is accused of 'making up' evidence against suspect accused of attacking him with a hubbly-bubbly pipe

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • Now Met boss Dizaei is accused of 'making up' evidence against suspect accused of attacking him with a hubbly-bubbly pipe

    Home | Mail Online 2008

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