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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