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spitting box

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Noun

spitting box (plural spitting boxes)

  1. A receptacle to spit into; a spittoon.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      In the midst of this congregation stood a chafing-dish with live-coals, for the convenience of lighting their pipes, and every individual was accommodated with a spitting-box.
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