chillumn.
/ˈtʃɪləm/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪləm/ The part of the hookah containing the tobacco and charcoal balls; also applied loosely to the entire hookah, the act of smoking, and the ‘fill’ of tobacco.
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1781 J. Lindsay in Lives Lindsays III Dressing a hubble-bubble, per week at 3 chillums a day.
1828 Kuzzilbash i. ii Every sound was hushed but..the occasional bubbling of my hookah, which had just been furnished with another chillum.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan i It was the bitterest chillum I ever smoked.
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