cuspidors
Tobacco juice catchers
Cuspidors are spittoons—receptacles for spitting into, especially for tobacco chewers.
The word evokes a bygone era when public spaces provided brass or ceramic vessels for expectorating: The old courthouse still had cuspidors in the corners.
The singular is cuspidor.
Dried smoking leaf
- chewingCrushing food orally
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- receptacleContainer for items
expectorate · spit · bowl · vessel · container · porcelain · floor · juice
Of a prim era
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- barbershopHair-cutting establishment
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
courthouse · train · parlor · antique · vintage · 19th-century · gentlemen · establishment
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
- sanitaryFree of harmful microbes
prohibition · ban · ordinance · public health · unsanitary · infection · contagion · reform
tobacco
Dried smoking leaf
receptacle · expectorate · spit · bowl · vessel · container · porcelain · floor · juice · plug
Victorian
Of a prim era
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- barbershopHair-cutting establishment
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
lobby · courthouse · train · parlor · antique · vintage · 19th-century · gentlemen · establishment · furnishing
hygiene
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
sanitary · prohibition · ban · ordinance · public health · unsanitary · infection · contagion · reform · cleanliness
cuspidorscups
Small drinking containers
goblets · chalices · drinking vessels · tumblers · mugs