chibouque

English

Noun

chibouque (plural chibouques)

Alternative form of chibouk

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چبوق (çibuk, çıbuk, çubuk). Compare with modern Turkish çubuk.

Noun

chibouque f (plural chibouques)

chibouk (Turkish tobacco pipe)
- 1844, Alexandre Dumas, Le Corricolo‎, page 7:
  — Un crime ! Et lequel ? dit le dey, tirant son chibouque de ses lèvres en regardent son interlocuteur avec l’expression du plus profond étonnement.
  "A crime! And which one?" said the Dey, pulling on his chibouk with his lips while regarding his interlocutor with an expression of the most profound astonishment.

Further reading

“chibouque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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