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hookah
noun
[ ˈhʊkə ]
• an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl.
Similar:
pipe
,
water pipe
,
hubble-bubble
,
chillum
,
narghile
,
kalian
,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from Urdu, from Arabic ḥuqqa ‘casket, jar’.
