1
: the part of a water pipe that contains the substance (such as tobacco or hashish) which is smoked
also
: a quantity of a substance thus smoked
2
: a funnel-shaped clay pipe for smoking
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The deity Shiva was reportedly a stoner, and devotees honored him by stuffing charas into clay or stone pipes called chillums, and entering psychotropic trances.
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Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Tourists follow suit, packing chillums—long Hindu pipes—with inky black hashish.
—Ariel Sophia Bardi, Slate Magazine, 2 Jan. 2017
In Afghanistan, Mellin smoked a chillum on the head of an ancient Buddha that’s since been destroyed by the Taliban.
—Jason Nark, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Tourists follow suit, packing chillums—long Hindu pipes—with inky black hashish.
—Ariel Sophia Bardi, Slate Magazine, 2 Jan. 2017
In Afghanistan, Mellin smoked a chillum on the head of an ancient Buddha that’s since been destroyed by the Taliban.
—Jason Nark, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
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“Chillum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chillum. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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