- cuspidors
- cus·pi·dor || 'kÊŒspɪdÉ”Ë n. receptacle for people to spit into; spittoon, bowl-shaped container into which tobacco chewers spit tobacco juice (common in the 19th century)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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