dottle
/ˈdɒt(ə)l
/noun
A remnant of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking.If you are experiencing "tongue bite" or "dottle" at the bottom of your pipe bowl, chances are you are packing your pipe too tightly.
Origin
Late Middle English (denoting a plug for a barrel or other container): from dot1 + -le1.
Rhymes
- Chinese
- Chinese artichoke
- Chinese box
- Chinese burn
- Chinese cabbage
- Chinese checkers
- Chinese chequers
- Chinese chives
- Chinese fire drill
- Chinese gooseberry
- Chinese kale
- Chinese lantern
- Chinese leaf
- Chinese leaves
- Chinese mitten crab
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese red
- Chinese restaurant syndrome
- Chinese wall
- Chinese water chestnut
- Chinese water deer
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese white
- ching