Cuspidor
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spittoon. US
"Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors."
- 2 a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) wordnet
Example
More examples"Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors."
Etymology
From Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).