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
   • For use in public institutions, in corridors and grounds, I would recommend an elevated spittoon, which has numerous advantages over the ordinary spittoon placed on the floor.1903, S. A. Knopf, “A practical talk to the nurses of tuberculous patients”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 3, page 444

   Synonyms:

   cuspidor, goboon, pigdan, spitbox, spit bucket, spit-cup