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cuspidor

NOUN
  1. a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)

How To Use cuspidor In A Sentence

  • Do not spit everywhere, should phlegmy spit inside cuspidor, undertake alexipharmic next.
  • The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor. Main Street
  • Swinging from the rope portiere, slathering the pomade upon my beardless face, and all manner of the metaphysical ick in my oversized cuspidors! Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0
  • Therefore, litterbugs and those accustomed to spitting on the pavement no longer dare to give free rein to their impulses or else they'd better take along with them a waste-paper basket or a cuspidor whenever they opt for a stroll.
  • He'd be awfully sorry after he accidentally walloped her on the head with a cuspidor, but she'd still have the aching noggin.
  • He spits out the coffee into a large brass cuspidor which is designed for the purpose. All About Coffee
  • Before leaving the ward he picked up the cuspidor from a cabinet at the head of the bed, opened the lid and observed frothy white spittle that lacked any distinctive odor.
  • Ben shifted slightly and used a foot pedal to open a bronze cuspidor shaped like a turtle. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • Therefore, litterbugs and those accustomed to spitting on the pavement no longer dare to give free rein to their impulses or else they'd better take along with them a waste-paper basket or a cuspidor whenever they opt for a stroll.
  • Why do they call themselves by the graceful name of "cuspidor" -- suggestive of castanets and Andalusian wiles? The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912
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