noun
- the unburned tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe after smoking
Examples
- He knocked the dottle from his pipe into the ashtray.
- The old man carefully cleaned the dottle from his favorite briar pipe.
- After his evening smoke, there was always a small amount of dottle remaining.
- She watched her grandfather tap out the dottle before refilling his pipe.
- The dottle had cooled completely before he disposed of it.
- He used a pipe tool to remove the stubborn dottle from the bowl.