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. |
Taggert took his pipe out of his mouth and tapped the dottle into a nearby ash disposal unit. |
A tiny little dottle of a woman, she had the heart of a lion. |
He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe. |
He tapped the dottle out of his pipe, picked up the bundle, and rose grumbling. |
I fiddle and scrape and poke for a while, banging out the dottle from my previous pipeful into an ashtray and puffing down the stem like a horn player warming up his trumpet. |