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spit⋅toon

[spi-toon]
–noun
a cuspidor.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; spit 1 + -oon
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spit·toon   (spĭ-tōōn')   
n.  A bowl-shaped, usually metal vessel, often with a funnel-shaped cover, into which tobacco chewers periodically spit.

[spit1 + -oon (as in balloon).]
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