DOTTLE
\dˈɒtə͡l], \dˈɒtəl], \d_ˈɒ_t_əl]\
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By Princeton University
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A small rounded lump or mass: especially, the tobacco remaining in the bottom of a pipe after smoking, and which is often put on the top of fresh tobacco when refilling. "A snuffer-tray containing scraps of half-smoked tobacco, 'pipe dottles,' as he called them, which were carefully resmoked over and over again till nothing but ash was left."-Kingsley.
By Daniel Lyons
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