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cuspidor
[kuhs-pi-dawr]
noun
a large bowl, often of metal, serving as a receptacle for spit, especially from chewing tobacco: in wide use during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
cuspidor
/ ˈʌɪˌɔː /
noun
another word (esp US) for spittoon
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cuspidor1
Example Sentences
Time after time, single-handed and on her hands and knees, she emptied all the cuspidors and scrubbed down the lobby of Grand Central Station.
Avoid this habit and use the cuspidor or step out-of-doors.
To avoid bloating from the hundreds of sips in a day, he would use chrome-plated cuspidors.
A corps of janitors had been active for two days introducing folding chairs, cuspidors, tables and wastebaskets.
Directly behind me, as I was soon made aware, was a cuspidor, toward which the President turned the flow of tobacco juice.
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