cuspidor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).
Meanings
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(US) A spittoon.
Despite the dirty ceiling and the cigarette butts swelling in the cuspidor, they're civilised.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 528:Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors.
1925, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 5, in Arrowsmith, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuspidors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |