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dottle

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dot⋅tle

  [dot-l]
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–noun
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
Also, dottel.

Origin:
1815–25; dial. dot small lump (prob. identical with dot 1 ) + -le
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dot·tle   (dŏt'l)   
n.  The plug of tobacco ash left in the bowl of a pipe after it has been smoked.

[From dot1, lump (obsolete).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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