spitting box
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]spitting box (plural spitting boxes)
- A receptacle to spit into; a spittoon.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- In the midst of this congregation stood a chafing-dish with live-coals, for the convenience of lighting their pipes, and every individual was accommodated with a spitting-box.