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spitoon

spitoon is the alternative spelling of spittoon.

Meaning of spittoon

Noun

spittoon (plural spittoons)

  1. A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
    • In the only arm-chair which the apartment boasted—one of the legs of which was shorter than the other three, and to remedy that defect was ingeniously stuck into an iron spittoon—sat the young man Mr. Pascoe had come to visit, very unlike, it must be confessed, any "portraits of a gentleman" one...1835, James Payn, From Exile, page 142

Forms of spitoon

pluralspitoons

Questions about spitoon

What is spitoon the alternative spelling of?
Spitoon is the alternative spelling of spittoon.

Words near spitoon in the dictionary

  1. spitkit
  2. spitkits
  3. Spitler
  4. Spitlers
  5. spitless
  6. spitoon
  7. spitoons
  8. spitpoison
  9. spitpoisons
  10. spitroast
  11. spitroasted

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