subs. (general).—A clay pipe with a long stem.—See quot., 1864, under CLAY. The following are general variants.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Alderman; steamer; yard of clay; clay.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Une bouffarde; une Belge; une chiffarde (thieves’); une marseillaise; une gambier (pop. from a manufacturer’s name).
GERMAN SYNONYMS. Lülke (M. H. G. lullen or löllen = to suck; lülken, to smoke); Massel (Swabian: also = a street-walker; masseln = to smoke); Nagel; Pilmerstab (only in Zimmermann); Sarcherstock (from the Hebrew sorach, through särchen, to stink or to smoke. Sarcher, tobacco; Sarcherkippe or Sarchertiefe, tobacco-box; Sarcherhanjo, tobacco-pouch); Selcher (Viennese thieves’: from selchen, to smoke); Schmalfink.
1857. TOM HOOD, Pen and Pencil Pictures, p. 268. Give me my willow-tube for a lance, the lid of a cigar-box for a shield. Thrust me a pair of Cutties into my girdle for pistols; hang a CHURCHWARDEN by my side for a sabre.
1863. ALEX. SMITH, Dreamthorp, p. 262. He … lifted a pipe of the kind called ‘CHURCH-WARDEN’ from the box on the ground, filled and lighted it.
1864. DR. RICHARDSON, ‘On the Physiological Effects of Tobacco,’ before British Association Meeting at Bath. Cigars, indeed, are more injurious than any form of pipe; and the best pipe is unquestionably what is commonly called a ‘CHURCHWARDEN’ or ‘long clay.’
