spittoonn.
/spɪˈtuːn/, U.S. /spɪˈtun/ A receptacle for spittle, usually a round flat vessel of earthenware or metal, sometimes having a cover in the form of a shallow funnel with an opening in the middle.
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1840 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (at cited word) A well-dressed gentle~man picked up a China spittoon.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge x. 289 Not at all particular on the subject of spittoons.
1851 N. Hawthorne in J. Hawthorne Hawthorne & his Wife (1885) I. 420 There were spittoons..at equal distances up and down the broad entries.
1888 W. R. Carles Life in Corea ii. 21 One or two small brass spittoons were on the floor.
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