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hubble-bubble

(n): an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

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5 months ago chained_bear said:

"Captain Aubrey found Stephen and Dr. Jacob sitting on the Crown's veranda, smoking a hubble-bubble."
--Patrick O'Brian, Blue at the Mizzen, 25

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