Cuspidor

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) wordnet

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spittoonspittoon

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"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”).

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