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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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cuspidor1
C18: from Portuguese, from cuspir to spit, from Latin conspuere, from spuere to spit
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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.
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Avoid this habit and use the cuspidor or step out-of-doors.
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To avoid bloating from the hundreds of sips in a day, he would use chrome-plated cuspidors.
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A corps of janitors had been active for two days introducing folding chairs, cuspidors, tables and wastebaskets.
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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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