Definition of "cuspidor" []

• A spittoon. (noun)

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• "Why do they call themselves by the graceful name of "cuspidor" -- suggestive of castanets and Andalusian wiles?"
• "He spits out the coffee into a large brass cuspidor which is designed for the purpose."
• "The house had a stereo with speakers the size of filing cabinets, a beer-filled refrigerator, and a brass cuspidor heaped with sinsemilla."