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Narghileh means Alternative form of narghile..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of narghile..
Leaning back, cross-legged, against the cushions, with the inseparable pipe in one’s hand, the view of the court, the water-basin, the flowers and lemon trees, the servants and dragomen going back and forth, or smoking their narghilehs in the shade—all framed in the beautiful arched entrance, is so perfectly Oriental, so true a tableau from the times of good old Haroun Al-Raschid, that one is surprised to find how many hours have slipped away while he has been silently enjoying it.
So many visits all at once entailed an amount of sweetmeats, sherbet, coffee, and narghilehs, which threatened entirely and for ever to ruin our digestion.
The smoking-room proper, with its mise en scène of Turkish divans, narghilehs, brass coffee-trays, and other Oriental properties, is no longer considered a necessity in the modern house; […]
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Narghileh means Alternative form of narghile..
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Leaning back, cross-legged, against the cushions, with the inseparable pipe in one’s hand, the view of the court, the water-basin, the flowers and lemon trees, the servants and dragomen going back and forth, or smoking their narghilehs in the shade—all framed in the beautiful arched entrance, is so perfectly Oriental, so true a tableau from the times of good old Haroun Al-Raschid, that one is surprised to find how many hours have slipped away while he has been silently enjoying it.
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