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hubble-bubble
CIDE DICTIONARY
hubble-bubble, n.
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.
1 a rudimentary form of hookah.
2 a bubbling sound.
3 confused talk.
Etymology
redupl. of BUBBLE
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