cuspidor
pronunciation
How to pronounce cuspidor in British English:
UK ['kʌspɪdɔ:]
How to pronounce cuspidor in American English:
US ['kʌspəˌdɔ]
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- Noun:
- a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
Word Origin
- cuspidor
- cuspidor: see spit
- cuspidor (n.)
- 1779, a colonial word, from Portuguese cuspidor "spittoon," from cuspir "to spit," from Latin conspuere "spit on," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + spuere "to spit" (see spew (v.)).
Example
- 1. The old is pointing to in front a cuspidor that place says : " the person that lose should drink that stuff inside . "
- 2. The proclivities of american tobacco-chewers , whose amber streams seemed frequently to miss whatever cuspidor was available , often disgusted foreign visitors .