dottle
noun
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
dottel
-
a variation of
dottle.
Example Sentences
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"My dear Watson," said Holmes, tapping the dottel of his pipe into his hand.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 by Various
"Oh!" said Sanderson, and produced a penknife and set himself to grub the dottel out of the bowl of his clay.
From Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
All the hot sunlight of Virginia that stirred the growing leaf in its odorous plantation now crackles in that glowing dottel in your briar bowl.
From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley
