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Camilla Sartori, the facility manager, had set up a tray holding six black wineglasses, a spittoon, and two clear glasses, one filled with water and the other with a slightly sugary solution designed to be a palate cleanser.
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Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Carrying a spittoon to spit out chicken like a confused cowboy wasn’t going to accomplish either.
—Andrew Chapman, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2024
White men tipped him with quarters and nickels, dropped into a spittoon.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
There, Henry cleaned toilets and spittoons in exchange for room and board.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
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Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Carrying a spittoon to spit out chicken like a confused cowboy wasn’t going to accomplish either.
—Andrew Chapman, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2024
White men tipped him with quarters and nickels, dropped into a spittoon.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
There, Henry cleaned toilets and spittoons in exchange for room and board.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Spittoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spittoon. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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spittoon
noun
spit·toon
spi-ˈtün 
: a container to spit into
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