Oh -- the way you get your foot out of a spittoon is just to unlace your shoe and take your foot out of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Day I Spoke for Mr. Lincoln] Reference
From its sloping internal form it might have been called the spittoon of the Jotuns. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayor of Casterbridge] Reference
Did he not know that the very "spittoon" which his judgeship used cost the city the sum of one thousand dollars?. From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
Perhaps a spittoon is a reasonable compromise?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does a Cheek Swab for DNA Require a Warrant?] Reference
Augustus ate and then vomited in a brass spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
My friend wanted to know what I threw the spittoon for. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
| = WHEN YOU SPIT, spit in the gutters or into a spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
The buggy whip, spittoon, antimacassar and Walter Cronkite. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Olbermann Versus O'Reilly: It's a Shoot] Reference
We could each have a little spittoon, right here by the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Babbling] Reference
"The bloke who drunk the contents of the spittoon for a bet.". From Wordnik.com. [Hard Frost]
But he's accustomed to using journalism as a personal spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Moyers: On Murdoch] Reference
| = WHEN YOU MUST SPIT =, spit in the gutters or into a spittoon |. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
Auburn wouldn't have been surprised to see a brass spittoon in the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
"Did I tell you the joke about the bloke who drank the spittoon for a bet?". From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
He also asked for “a hot Lipton tea” and used the teacup as a spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Let Me Tell You About My BFF DFW] Reference
Here, did I tell you the joke about the bloke who drunk the spittoon for a bet?. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
The NBA has become the spittoon for every racial anxiety aslosh in Sportsworld. From Wordnik.com. [Brawl in the Garden] Reference
Batang gave the smile of the wise serpent, and spat scarlet saliva into his spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
Henry picked up the coffee can that served as his portable spittoon and started for the door. From Wordnik.com. [Cinderella At The Ball]
A table knife, chisel, and spittoon were secured for working tools, when operations commenced. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
He made to pat Kevin Strang's face, but Strang flinched, staggered back, and hit the spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Causes]
They were raised by a teeny woman, Annie, who could zing spittle into a spittoon four feet away. From Wordnik.com. [Family Stories Mark a Family Reunion] Reference
There was somethingthat looked like a font near one of the bars, but Rebus knew it was a spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Causes]
Tom rummaged the warehouse, and found a common earthenware spittoon, which he dragged out in triumph. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
With a flourish and a smirk, Tom deposited the spittoon on the counter under Silvia's astonished eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
The ladies are not compelled to sit in isolation, by the side of passengers who use the car-floor as a spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
One would enter the hole with his tools and a small tallow candle, dragging the spittoon after him attached to a string. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Mr. Chou cleared his throat, but it was only for an immense expectoration into a tin spittoon decorated with pink blooms. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
If the ceremony is outdoors, we discreetly spit out the water onto the grass; if indoors, into a bucket provided as a spittoon. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 9 The Preparation Ceremony] Reference
He brought over a spittoon and put it by Roy's chair, but Roy Suggs looked at him with a cold eye and continued to spit on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
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