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dottel

dottel is the alternative form of dottle.

Meaning of dottle

Noun (1)

dottle (plural dottles)

  1. A plug or tap of a vessel.
  2. A small rounded lump or mass.
  3. The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
    • In refilling a pipe, where twist is smoked, a common practice is to save the dottle and put it on the top of the new-filled pipe. "Aw like a baccy dottle to leet wiv."1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al.
  4. (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.

Noun (2)

dottle (plural dottles)

  1. (Scotland) A dotard.
    Synonyms:
    dodipole, dotel

See all 7 meanings of dottle

Forms of dottel

pluraldottels

Questions about dottel

What is dottel the alternative form of?
Dottel is the alternative form of dottle.

Words near dottel in the dictionary

  1. dotted Swiss
  2. dotted Swisses
  3. dotted the i's
  4. dotted the i's and crossed the t's
  5. dottedness
  6. dottel
  7. dottels
  8. dotter
  9. dotterel
  10. dotterels
  11. Dotterer

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