| He knocked out the dottle of his pipe on one of the andirons. |
| 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. |
| Raft considered the proposition for a moment, then he shook his head and tapped the dottle out of his pipe. |
| He tapped the dottle out of his pipe, picked up the bundle, and rose grumbling. |
| 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. |
| He knocked out the dottle, refilled the bowl and lighted the tobacco. |
