Meaning & use
Cuspidor
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A container, often ornate, into which a person spits, historically used for tobacco chewers.
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The saloon kept a brass cuspidor near the bar for tobacco chewers.
The museum displayed an antique cuspidor from the 1890s.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Portuguese, ultimately from the Latin conspuere, "to spit upon"; largely obsolete outside historical contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
spittoon
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