Definition of Dottels

1. dottel [n] - See also: dottel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dottels

dotriacontanoic acid
dots
dots per inch
dots the i's and crosses the t's
dottard
dottards
dotted
dotted bar line
dotted bar lines
dotted decimal
dotted gayfeather
dotted line
dotted the i's and crossed the t's
dotted tongue
dottel
dottels (current term)
dotter
dotterel
dotterels
dotters
dottier
dottiest
dottily
dottiness
dottinesses
dotting
dotting the i's and crossing the t's
dottle
dottled
dottler

Literary usage of Dottels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1900)
"... and smoking his before-breakfast pipe, which was composed of all the plugs and dottels left from his smokes of the day before, all carefully dried and ..."

2. Hail Columbia!: Random Impressions of a Conservative English Radical by Walter Lionel George (1921)
"... masses of dusty papers, six weeks' torn issues on the floor, mixed with the dottels of pipes and hundreds of cigarette stubs. Everybody bellows. ..."

3. Hail Columbia!: Random Impressions of a Conservative English Radical by Walter Lionel George (1921)
"... the knives of generations, masses of dusty papers, six weeks' torn issues on the floor, mixed with the dottels of pipes and hundreds of cigarette stubs. ..."

4. In the Ranks of the C.I.V.: A Narrative and Diary of Personal Experiences by Erskine Childers (1900)
"... 'baccy has been very scarce, and you see fellows picking the wet dottels out of the bottoms of their pipes and drying them in the sun for future use. ..."

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