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dottle

UK/ˈdɒtəl/ uncommon

noun

1.

the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking

Origin

From Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.

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