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Spittoon

noun
1.
A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place).  Synonym: cuspidor.






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"Spittoon" Quotes from Famous Books



... don't sit there and swing yo' hat under that chyar, but rouse out and come along with me to the pawty if you can shake a foot, and show Miss Pinkney and the gyrls yo' fit for something mo' than to skirmish round as a black japanned spittoon for Julia Jeffcourt!" It is not recorded that Corbin accepted this cheerful invitation, but for a few days afterwards he was more darkly observant of, and respectful to, Miss Sally. Strange indeed if he had not noticed—although always ...
— Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... finally, when a powerful large Secesher came up and embraced me, and to show that he had no hard feelins agin me, put his nose into my mouth. I returned the compliment by placin my stummick suddenly agin his right foot, when he kindly made a spittoon of his able-bodied face. Actooated by a desire to see whether the Secesher had bin vaxinated I then fastened my teeth onto his left coat-sleeve and tore it to the shoulder. We then vilently bunted out heads together ...
— The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 2 • Charles Farrar Browne



Words linked to "Spittoon" :   receptacle, cuspidor



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