spitting
Example Sentences
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In India, spitting was celebrated in royal courts, and grand spittoons were a centrepiece in many homes.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021
Along with large brass spittoons on the floor, the Senate has satellite dishes on the roof, and members regularly avail themselves of everything technology has to offer to excite and inflame passions.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2020
The spittoons are gone now, but Library Manager Jason Macoviak said the library still uses some of the original furniture and still serves as a community gathering place.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2019
“The perception is the Elks is a dark and dismal place, with spittoons and cigar smoking,” Mikolajcyk said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2018
Thus, our spittoons and garbage dumps joined our latrines to form the first agricultural research laboratories.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
