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Queen's tobacco-pipe

Queen's tobacco-pipe

9.9
An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : pipa de tabaco de la Reina
  • His prized possession was an 18th-century Queen's tobacco-pipe with intricate designs.

Examples

  • Museum visitors admired the delicate craftsmanship of the Queen's tobacco-pipe in the exhibition.

  • The antique shop displayed a Queen's tobacco-pipe among its rare collectibles.

  • He proudly displayed his Queen's tobacco-pipe on the mantelpiece.

  • Did you see the Queen's tobacco-pipe at the antique shop?

  • Museum visitors admired the delicate craftsmanship of the Queen's tobacco-pipe in the exhibition.

  • His prized possession was an 18th-century Queen's tobacco-pipe with intricate designs.

  • The antique shop displayed a Queen's tobacco-pipe among its rare collectibles.

Synonyms

clay pipe
vsQueen's tobacco-pipe
1 4.4

A small pipe for smoking tobacco made from baked clay

is the older collectible long-stem form linked to seventeenth or eighteenth century England
tobacco pipe
vsQueen's tobacco-pipe
1 3.2

A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco

is the specific long-stem collectible English form from earlier centuries

Surface Forms

Queen's tobacco-pipe singular
Queen's tobacco-pipes plural

Morphology

Queen's + tobacco-pipe

The phrase is compositionally interpretable: 'Queen's' signals possession or association and 'tobacco-pipe' names the object, so a learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a pipe associated with a queen. However, the specific historical/cultural sense (a collectible clay pipe with a long stem from 17th–18th century England) is not derivable from the constituents and requires background knowledge, making the expression only partially predictable.

Etymology

Queen's tobacco-pipe may come from old clay pipes that were decorated with a small picture of the Queen and had a long stem. Picture a fine long tobacco-pipe with the queen's face or a royal mark; that image helps explain why the name now means a 'collectible' or old pipe.