spittoon

1. A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.

   Spucknapf

   плева́тельницаplevátelʹnica, плева́льницаpleválʹnica

   плювальницяpljuvalʹnycja

   a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)

1. A century ago, spittoons were still used.

   deVor hundert Jahren waren noch Spucknäpfe in Gebrauch.

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2. If you don't blow your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.

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3. Jim Poland—for such was the big man's name—growled and spat reflectively into a spittoon.

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