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nar·ghi·le

or nar·gi·le also nar·gi·leh  (när′gə-lē′)
n.
See hookah.

[French narghilé, obsolete variant of narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh, from nārgīl, coconut (from which the receptacle was made), from Sanskrit nārikelaḥ, nālikeraḥ.]
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In the vehicle they found 89 kilos of Nargile tobacco, 20 packs of cigarettes and e1/42,135 in cash, all of which were seized.
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Many restaurants provide nargile, or "hookas," inside, and this is an attraction to Lebanese and tourists.
The festival has been known to forge some interesting music ideas too, with Newcastle musician Richard Dawson meeting Asiq Nargile from South Georgia at last year's Tusk festival and going on to meld their different music styles on a tour.
i) smoke cigars; ii) smoke cigarellos; iii) smoke a pipe; iv) use bidis (a tobacco product from India); v) use chewing tobacco; vi) use snuff; vii) use waterpipe (hubble bubble, nargile, shisha); viii) drink 5 or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion (i.e., binge drinking); ix) use marijuana, cannabis, hashish; x) use cocaine; xi) use speed (amphetamines); xii) use ecstasy (MDMA) or other similar drugs; xiii) use hallucinogens (PCP, LSD (acid), mushrooms); xiv) use inhalants (glue, gasoline); xv) use heroin (smack, junk); and xvi) use another illicit drug (use of illicit drugs)?".
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