spittoons
Chewers' floor protectors
Spittoons are containers for spitting into, especially for tobacco chewers.
Before cigarettes dominated, chewing tobacco was common, and spittoons sat in public places—saloons, hotel lobbies, courtrooms—to catch the resulting spit.
They've largely disappeared along with the habit, surviving mainly as antiques or period props: a brass spittoon by the barber's chair.
Crushing food orally
- plugSomething that blocks openings
- quidBritish pound, informally
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
- juiceExtracted fruit liquid
expectorate · smokeless · dip · chaw · pouch · nicotine · saloon · habit
Receptacle for spit
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
bowl · vessel · container · lid · handle · base · pedestal · enamel
Of a prim era
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- barbershopHair-cutting establishment
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
hotel · lobby · antique · nineteenth-century · frontier · Western · tavern · parlor
Cleanliness for public health
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
- banOfficial restriction on something
ordinance · unsanitary · infection · contamination · disgust · reform · cleanliness · prohibition
chewing
Crushing food orally
juice · expectorate · smokeless · dip · chaw · pouch · nicotine · saloon · habit · wad
cuspidor
Receptacle for spit
saliva · bowl · vessel · container · lid · handle · base · pedestal · enamel · ceramic
Victorian
Of a prim era
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- barbershopHair-cutting establishment
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
train · hotel · lobby · antique · nineteenth-century · frontier · Western · tavern · parlor · gentlemen
sanitation
Cleanliness for public health
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
ban · ordinance · unsanitary · infection · contamination · disgust · reform · cleanliness · prohibition · epidemic
- outdated thingsflip phones, VHS tapes, fax machines, dial-up, typewriters
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- tavernstavern keeper, taverns, tavern sign, tavern wench, inns
- tobaccocigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, tobacco, chewing tobacco
- tobacco collectiblescigar boxes, cigarette cards, cigar bands, humidors, snuff boxes
- folk potterystoneware, earthenware, redware, crocks, jugs
spittoonsdrinking fountains
Public water dispensers
decanters · chalices · goblets · ewers · drinking vessels
spittoonsfinger bowls
Tabletop hand-rinsing vessels
napkin rings · fine china · tea services · crystal glassware · silverware