Definitions
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- noun An Arabic water-pipe, or
hookah . - noun The
tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract. - noun textiles a type of
embroidery which attaches small pieces ofreflective metal tofabric
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Etymologies
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Examples
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Regulars came daily and played cards or backgammon, while drinking coffee and smoking argile- otherwise known as shisha, or hookah.
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Just last month my 15-year-old son, Daniel, mentioned that some of his friends were smoking hookahs (also known as shisha, narghile, goza, and hubble bubble).
The hook in hookahs 2008
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Just last month my 15-year-old son, Daniel, mentioned that some of his friends were smoking hookahs also known as shisha, narghile, goza, and hubble bubble.
The hook in hookahs 2008
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The ornate glass and metal water pipes are used for smoking an aromatic blend of tobacco, molasses and fruit known as shisha.
NYT > Global Home By DOUGLAS QUENQUA 2011
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Smoking large water pipes called shisha, usually with bowls of flavored tobacco, is a longstanding pastime here.
Reason Magazine 2010
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A typical hour-long 'shisha' session involves inhaling 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled when smoking a cigarette.
Latest Stories 2010
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"I spent a lot of time in Dubai and some other places in the Middle East and while I was there, I'd go to some of these 'shisha' cafes," he said, referring to the flavored tobacco that is smoked in a hookah.
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Use of other forms of tobacco, such as shisha and smokeless tobacco, is also increasing among women in many countries, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
WN.com - Articles related to Preventing Tobacco Addiction Among Our Women 2010
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Suhai (Sam) Shelleh of Milwaukee smokes flavored tobacco in a "shisha" or waterpipe.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Suhai (Sam) Shelleh of Milwaukee smokes flavored tobacco in a "shisha" or waterpipe.
JSOnline.com 2010
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