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Chicha

noun

An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. Synonyms: calean, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe.

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"Chicha" Quotes from Famous Books

... after beginning their descent on the eastern side, another emissary arrived from the Inca, bearing a message of similar import to the preceding, and a present, in like manner, of Peruvian sheep. This was the same noble that had visited Pizarro in the valley. He now came in more state, quaffing chicha—the fermented juice of the maize-from golden goblets borne by his attendants, which sparkled in the eyes of the ...

— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott

... called Chicha, in the South American fashion, was much more respected by her father. "She is my poor China right over again," he said, "the same good nature, and the same faculty for work, but more of a lady." Desnoyers entirely agreed with him, and yet the father's ...

— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

Words linked to "Chicha" : tobacco pipe, calean, pipe