hookahn.
/ˈhʊkə/, /ˈhuːkɑː/, U.S. /ˈhʊkə/, /ˈhukə/ A pipe for smoking, of Eastern origin, having a long flexible tube, the smoke being drawn through water contained in a vase, to which the tube and the bowl are attached; the narghile of India.
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1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) iii. 86 A fellow entered..and carried off the gold top of the hookah he was smoaking.
1803 Ann. Rev. 1 209/2 It is a ceremony of friendship for the master of the house to offer the visitor his hookah.
1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 67 Smoking their hookers.
1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. vi. 185 He was seated..smoking his houka.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 338 The hukkah is brought in.
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1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) 31 His Hookah, or pipe~bearer.
1872 E. Braddon Life in India i. 4 A luxurious idler, whose life is spent in hookah-smoking.
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