单词 | rose-water pipe |
释义 | > as lemmasrose-water pipe rose-water pipe n. a hookah in which the smoke passes through rose water before reaching the mouth. ΚΠ 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xxi. 234 A string of beads in one hand, and a splendid narghilé, or rose-water pipe, in the other. 1894 A. Azhderian Under Oriental Skies viii. 152 After games and conversation, the happy company indulge in cigarettes, coffee, sweetmeats and narghile, or the flexible rosewater pipe, much similar to the hookah of Hindoostan. 1939 F. Yeats-Brown European Jungle ix. 256 The buyers are unhurried and unworried, and the sellers puff their rose-water pipes, or sip their coffee imperturbably. 1990 A. Frater Chasing Monsoon v. 165 Maids carry the prince's fans and rose water pipe. < as lemmas |
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