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dottles

dottles is the plural of dottle.

dottles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Questions about dottles

What is dottles the plural of?
Dottles is the plural of dottle.

Words near dottles in the dictionary

  1. dottings
  2. dottle
  3. dottled
  4. dottler
  5. dottlers
  6. dottles
  7. dottling
  8. Dotto train
  9. Dotto trains
  10. dottrel
  11. dottrels

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