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hubble-bubble

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hubble-bubblen. 
     A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell. It is a simple type of hookah.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hubble-bubble, n.
1 a rudimentary form of hookah.
2 a bubbling sound.
3 confused talk.

Etymology
redupl. of BUBBLE

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