At length removing carefully his meerschaum from the right to the left corner of his mouth, he condescended to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
For, your meerschaum is a fragile thing, and eminently frangible. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Then he leaned back determinedly and lighted his meerschaum. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Look at this meerschaum, Mr. Laudersdale; there's an ensample. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860] Reference
There's clay pipes an 'briar pipes an' meerschaum pipes as well. From Wordnik.com. [Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry] Reference
Fresh, vigorous puffs from the meerschaum accompanied these words. From Wordnik.com. [Good Blood] Reference
Before he married, as free and easy a man as ever smoked a meerschaum. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
Many a fine meerschaum keeps up its cheerful fire on a shilling a-week. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
I have an enormous meerschaum and a corps of friends equally well piped. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Serpentine, asbestos, talc, and meerschaum are examples of such substances. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
He takes his meerschaum from the teapoy by his side and examines it critically. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
An 'it's me crazy to hear what that meerschaum-colored divil was a-goin' to say. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Ducie maintained a judicious silence and went on puffing gravely at his meerschaum. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891] Reference
He can take to the philosophic meerschaum, and nicotize himself at brief intervals into. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
It is said that about one-half of all pipes now sold are made from artificial meerschaum. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Near the mantel was a pipe-rack filled with fine specimens of briar-wood and meerschaum pipes. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
The languid Marchmont draped himself in a corner, and put the fat little meerschaum to his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Another quaint whim in the form of an advertisement for a lost meerschaum is from an Australian paper. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
He could sing better than any amateur I ever heard; and was the best judge of a meerschaum-pipe I ever saw. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
M. Ziegler thus describes the source whence the considerable annual supply of meerschaum for meerschaum pipes is derived. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
To properly color a meerschaum is now considered as one of the fine arts and when completed is considered quite a triumph. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation. meerschaum. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
A German receiver can be washed out like a teacup, and the oil collected is of value, but a meerschaum should never be wetted. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
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