spittoon
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spittoon
- /spɪˈtuːn/
Where it comes from
From spit + -oon.
noun spittoons · spitoon
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A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
In the only arm-chair which the apartment boasted—one of the legs of which was shorter than the other three, and to remedy that defect was ingeniously stuck into an iron spittoon—sat the young man Mr. Pascoe had come to visit, very unlike, it must be confessed, any "portraits of a gentleman" one eve
Similar: cuspidor, goboon, pigdan, spitbox, spit bucket, spit-cup
Translations
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noun receptacle for spit
| Español | escupidera |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | たんつぼ tantsubo, 痰壺 tantsubo, 痰壷 tantsubo, 唾壺 dako |
| 中文 | 痰盂 tányú, 痰桶 tántǒng, 唾壺 /唾壶 tuòhú, 痰罐 tánguàn, 痰盒 tánhé |
| Português | cuspidor, cuspideira, escarradeira |
| Français | crachoir |
| Deutsch | Spucknapf |
| Italiano | sputacchiera |
| Ελληνικά | πτυελοδοχείο ptyelodocheío |
| Русский | плева́тельница plevátelʹnica, плева́льница pleválʹnica |
Talk about this word "spittoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spittoon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spittoon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spittoon "spittoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spittoon.Cite this
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title = {spittoon},
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