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cuspidor
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cus·pi·dor  (ksp-dôr, -dr)
n.
A spittoon.

[Portuguese, from cuspir, to spit, from Latin cnspuere, to spit upon : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + spuere, to spit.]
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Noun1.cuspidorcuspidor - a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in

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HAUNTED BY GUILT FOR HIS PART IN THE ACCIDENT, THE ONCE-GREAT LAWMAN AND PM PRACTITIONER HAS HIT ROCK BOTTOM, REDUCED TO EMPTYING CUSPIDORS IN SALOONS.
12), two shiny cuspidors, tokens of when Chuck once had to swab spittoons as a schoolboy, or a photo of a B-17 bomber, a memento of Sam's 53 missions across Europe in World War II.
Millions of spittoons and cuspidors were placed in homes and public places.
 
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