dottle

dottle englannista suomeksi

1. perskat, piipunperät

1. piipunperskat

dottle englanniksi

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.

4. 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."

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1957|author=Lawrence Durrell|title=Justine|publisher=Faber|page=96

6. {{quote-book|en|year=1981|author=John Gardner|title=Freddy's Book|publisher=Abacus|year_published=1982|page=38

7. {{quote-book|en|year=1984|author=Alan Dean Foster|title=The Hour of the Gate|page=89

8. (quote-text)

9. A baby's dummy, pacifier.

10. Stupid or senile.

11. {{quote-text|en|year=1893|author=David Herschell Edwards|title=One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices|volume=15|pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HZMOAAAAIAAJ&q=%22gunty%22&dq=%22gunty%22&lr=&ei=4KUyS6OCJ5CuzQTszKXAAQ&cd=300|page=403

12. A dotard.