spittoon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spittoon in the English»Serbian Dictionary

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An extraordinary visitation in 1910 complained that there were no spittoon, no wastepaper basket and no handkerchief available, and that the benches were old and therefore unsuitable.
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At higher class places like expensive hotels, spittoons could be elaborately decorated.
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A wine taster will sip samples of wine and then spit them into a spittoon in order to avoid alcohol intoxication.
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Well, you spit into a black spittoon that students from the two teams are supposed to share.
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Out of doors where his life was principally led the chewer spat upon his lands without offense to other men, and his homes and public buildings were supplied with spittoons.
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He himself preferred chewing tobacco and rarely missed the green spittoon beside his raised bench.
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Spittoons are flat-bottomed, often weighted to minimize tipping over, and often with an interior lip to make spilling less likely if they tip.
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He wanted to spit, but was unable to find a spittoon, so spat upwards.
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Smoking was prohibited, and spittoons were placed throughout in the interest of preserving the building.
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Many places passed laws against spitting in public other than into a spittoon.
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