† spitteryn.
Obsolete. rare.
A spittoon.
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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xv. 127 They..spit in the Spitteries.
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n.1693- to tell price of
- to tell price upon
- to tell say the truth and shame the devil
- to tell scorn
- to tell short of
- to tell someone where he or she gets off
- to tell someone where to get off
- to tell speak the truth and shame the devil
- to tell steps with
- to tell t'other from which
- to tell tales
- to tell tales out of school
- to tell tales out of the school
- to tell tears
- to tell the bees
- to tell the clock
- to shout from the housetops
- to shout murder
- to shout on the house-top
- to shout on the house-tops
- to shout on the housetop
- to shout on the housetops
- to shout something from the house-top
- to shout something from the house-tops
- to shout something from the housetop