Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK und.) a shotgun and its cartridges.

2014		CPS Thames & Chiltern Online 4 Mar. 🌐 Text messages were recovered from Reid's Blackberry phone. One read: ‘Got a couple of burners (guns) for sale.’ Another referred to "‘10 bore dotties’ - slang for shotgun cartridges.
2015		410 ‘Four Door Coming’ 🎵 2 hands on a stick, man I’m tryna catch me a body / Niggas know juice garn spill, if you see me riding with Dotty.
2016		1011 ‘Next Up?’ 🎵 My bros ain't down for the stunting / Digga D grab that dots and shoot.
2018		Unknown T ‘Mad about Bars’ 🎵 Had a dot-dot up in the cab, got Polkas in bags.
2021		Central Cee ‘Tension’ 🎵 Who’s got a mash? New plate, cah the dots too vintage.