Dottle
WordNet
noun
(1) The residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Probably from or , diminutives of , formed with .
Noun
- The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
- 1957: one hand guards the burning dottle of my pipe from the force of the wind — Lawrence Durrell, Justine (Faber p.96)
- 1981: I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand. — John Gardner, Freddy's Book (Abacus 1982, p. 38)
- 1984, Alan Dean Foster, The Hour of the Gate, page 89:
- He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.
- A baby's dummy, pacifier.