Definition of
Cuspidor
- (noun, artifact) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
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Synonyms of Cuspidor
Alternate forms of Cuspidor
Hypernyms: receptacle
Origin of the word Cuspidor
- 1779, a colonial word, from Port. cuspidor "spittoon," from cuspir "to spit," from L. conspuere "spit on," from com- intens. prefix + spuere "to spit." more
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Words that sound like Cuspidor
c battery, cafeteria, captor, capture, capturer, ceiba tree, cftr, chapiter, chapter, chase after, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, coffee tree, copy editor, coup de theatre, cubitiere
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