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noun
- The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
- 1957: one hand guards the burning of my pipe from the force of the wind " Lawrence Durrell, Justine (Faber p.96)
- 1981: I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand. " John Gardner, Freddy's Book (Abacus 1982, p. 38)
- (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.
Etymology: Probably a diminutive of dot.
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