cuspidor

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).

Noun

cuspidor (plural cuspidors)

  1. (chiefly US) A spittoon.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 528:
      Despite the dirty ceiling and the cigarette butts swelling in the cuspidor, they're civilised.

Translations

spittoon — see spittoon

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cuspidor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cuspidō

Portuguese

Noun

cuspidor m (plural cuspidores, feminine cuspidora, feminine plural cuspidoras)

  1. spitter (someone who spits)
  2. spittoon (receptacle for spit)

Synonyms

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