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Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhb-uh l-buhb-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌb əlˌbʌb əl

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Définition of hubble-bubble

  • As in water pipe : noun pipe through which water moves
Example sentences :
  • Again there was a long period of stillness, broken only by the hubble-bubble.
  • Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
  • There he was still, sitting in his den and smoking a hubble-bubble.
  • Extract from : « The Talking Thrush » by William Crooke
  • As he spoke one of the men aft handed the stem of the hubble-bubble to his companion and came running forward.
  • Extract from : « In the grip of the Mullah » by F. S. Brereton
  • The women are in the habit of enjoying the hubble-bubble, in groups, in a similar manner.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
  • Dr. Jackal was sitting with his hind legs crossed, and smoking a hubble-bubble.
  • Extract from : « The Talking Thrush » by William Crooke
  • The hubble-bubble passed from mouth to mouth, and the crew whiled away the evening hours with their monotonous chants.
  • Extract from : « Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore » by Robert H. Elliot
  • Hubble-bubble, hub′l-bub′l, n. an East Indian tobacco-pipe, in which the smoke is drawn through water with a bubbling sound.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • I lighted a cigar, and Akong smoked his hubble-bubble, a small copy of the nargileh of the Turks.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 » by Various
  • His inseparable companions were a hubble-bubble at his left, and a sitar on his lap; and from his throat flowed song unceasing.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • For the officers, the native chillim or hubble-bubble was brought and handed round to them one after another.
  • Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray

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