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单词 cuspidor
释义 cuspidor
 /kus"pi dawr'/,  n.  
 a large bowl, often of metal, serving as a receptacle for spit, esp. from chewing tobacco: in wide use during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
 [1770-80; < Pg: lit., spitter, equiv. to cusp(ir) to spit ( << L conspuere to cover with spit; con- CON- + spuere to SPIT) + -idor < L -i-torium; see -I-, -TORY2]
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