dout

dout: n

British

a cigarette end or stub. A word like dub, used by vagrants and working-class speakers. The Oxford English Dictionary first recorded the word in use in Glasgow in 1975. It may be a dialectal form of 'dowse(d)' or a contraction of 'stubbed-out'.

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Dout — Dout, v. t. [Do + out. Cf. {Doff}.] To put out. [Obs.] It douts the light. Sylvester. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dout — dout; dout·er; … English syllables
dout — v. put out, extinguish … English contemporary dictionary
dout — [daʊt] (also dowt) chiefly Scottish verb extinguish (a fire or light). noun a cigarette end. Origin C16 (as v.): contr. of do out … English new terms dictionary
dout — Noun. A cigarette butt. Scottish use, Glasgow? … English slang and colloquialisms
dout — ˈdau̇t, ˈdüt transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: do (I) + out dialect : to put out : extinguish … Useful english dictionary
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b'dout — Gullah Words without, unless, except … English dialects glossary
douter — dout·er … English syllables
das — dout … Hochdeutsch - Plautdietsch Wörterbuch

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