dottie
dottie is the obsolete form of dhoti.
dottie is the alternative spelling of dotty.
Meaning of dhoti
Noun
dhoti (countable and uncountable, plural dhotis)
- A long loincloth worn by men in India.
- The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
Meaning of dotty
Noun
dotty (plural dotties)
- A shotgun.
- Never bummy but I'm scummy fam, I used to burgle houses
Then some OGs was consignin me them ounces
Wet man round me had me feeling like I’m drownin
Fam we really went there with a brownin
Me and next man really went there with a dotty
05 murder squad nicked me for a [censored]2013, “Mad Years”, in Potter Payper (lyrics), Training Day, performed by Potter Payper
- Never bummy but I'm scummy fam, I used to burgle houses
Proper noun capitalized: Dottie
Dottie
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dotty, and sometimes also used as a formal given name.
- She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60
Forms of dottie
| plural | dotties |
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Origin of dottie
From Dot + -ie.
Questions about dottie
- What does dottie mean?
- Dottie means a diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dotty, and sometimes also used as a formal given name.
- What is dottie the obsolete form of?
- Dottie is the obsolete form of dhoti.
- What part of speech is dottie?
- Dottie is a proper noun.
Words near dottie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dottie (page history and authors); Dottie (page history and authors); dhoti (page history and authors); dotty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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