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dottle

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dot·tle  (dtl)
n.
The plug of tobacco ash left in the bowl of a pipe after it has been smoked.
[From dot, lump (obsolete).]
dottle, dottel [ˈdɒtəl]
n
the plug of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking
[diminutive of dot lump; see dot1]
dottle - Any tobacco left in a pipe after smoking.
See also related terms for smoking.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dottle - the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
residue - matter that remains after something has been removed
Translations
dottle
n → Tabakrest m
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Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, lounging about his sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The Times and smoking his before-breakfast pipe, which was composed of all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day before, all carefully dried and collected on the corner of the mantelpiece.
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