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
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 Morley, Christopher
"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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
