1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al.
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."
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one hand guards the burning dottle of my pipe from the force of the wind
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I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand.
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He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.
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