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Cuspidor   Listen
noun
Cuspidor  n.  Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cuspidor" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1879 he stumbled into the telegraph office at the Union Depot here, when Henry C. Mahoney, the superintendent, catching sight of him, put him out, with the curt remark that he didn't want him to stick that crutch into a cuspidor and fall down, as it was too expensive a performance for the company to stand. He beat the Missouri Pacific and several other railroads and municipalities at different times, it is claimed, and manages ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... kicked over the wooden cuspidor in disgust. It was loaded to the top with tobacco and cigarette ends. Then he cast out half a dozen empty bottles through the open window, and went on with ...
— Bart Stirling's Road to Success - Or; The Young Express Agent • Allen Chapman



Words linked to "Cuspidor" :   receptacle



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