Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US drugs, a kind of bowl- or cylinder-shaped water-pipe used for smoking marijuana (the specifics vary as to the maker); thus Aus.) bongineering, bongology, the construction of such pipes; bong hit, a puff on such a pipe.

1971		Marijuana Rev. Jan.–June 18: Many thanks to Scott Bennett [...] for the beautiful special bong he made for my pipe collection.
1979		Lette & Carey Puberty Blues 97: We smoked the dope in a bong. This is a kind of peace pipe made from a milk bottle with two bits of garden hose stuck in the neck. You stuffed one hose with marijuana, lit it and dragged furiously on the other.
1981		D.E. Miller Bk of Jargon 339: bhong: A pipe for smoking marijuana.
1985		Tracks (Aus.) Dec. 3: In those three years [of smoking cannabis] I have never, ever cringed for a bong [Moore 1993].
1993		A. Rodriguez Spidertown (1994) 138: He was going to roll a joint, but she suggested using Firebug’s bong.
1998		R.G. Barrett Mud Crab Boogie (2013) [ebook] Warren and Debbie were [...] pulling cones from a bong on the coffee table while they tore into about a gallon of vodka.
1999		J. Poller Reach 83: I bump into [...] a man I’ve never met before doing bong hits on the kitchen floor.
2002		Stoners’ Dict. 🌐 Bongo [AU] – Alternative term to bong.
2004		L. Redhead Peepshow [ebook] Her wizard-shaped bong was absent from its usual place on the coffee table.
2005		B. Hare Urban Grimshaw 84: Two teenage girls were [...] smoking from a homemade bong.
2008		D.R. Pollock ‘Lard’ in Knockemstiff 89: Porter fired up the bong.
2012		L. Jose ‘Underhooks’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Bentley took a hit from his bong.
2012		‘First Dog on the Moon’ in crikey.com.au 2 July 🌐 I went to this party this one time and there were 15 bongs there at once.
2012		J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) 288: He passes me a wee bong [...] I drag hard on it — and my spine goes numb.
2014		M. Miner ‘The Hurt Business’ in ThugLit July [ebook] A pyramid of Budweiser cans on the kitchen table. A bong next to it.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 45: He kept a bong hidden in his office.