| 单词 | spittoon |
| 例句 | Raising my head, I saw Cudn Hope lean forward in his chair, taking aim at the brass spittoon on the hearth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then there was the matter of the spittoons. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Hephaestus cleared his throat and spat into a bronze spittoon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Hurriedly, he flicked his cigarette into a spittoon and, with twin eddies of blue smoke jutting from his black nostrils, shouted hoarsely, “Jack, I betcha two bits you can’t make it!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He spit into his portable plastic spittoon and looked across at me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Thus, our spittoons and garbage dumps joined our latrines to form the first agricultural research laboratories. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When Cade finished, he used his empty bottle as a spittoon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I tore it up and burned it over the spittoon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She managed to unwrap baby Fern from the blankets, help Mattie out of her coat, and scold Chase for peeking in the brass spittoon, all in one breath and motion. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Jean Louise drove the putter home beside the fire tongs, gathered up the golf balls, and threw them at the spittoon. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Daughters who had complained bitterly about the responsibilities of taking care of their aged mothers-in-law had altered when Sula locked Eva away, and they began cleaning those old women’s spittoons without a murmur. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On the floor at the side of the desk was a spittoon overflowing with mucus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The cowboy spat toward the brass spittoon in the aisle and nearly made it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Cindy is tough; she aims her cultural commentary as if into a spittoon. ‘Girl, Woman, Other,’ a Big, Busy Novel About New Ways of Living 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Between his legs, Cawthorn stowed a plastic water bottle, which he used as a spittoon as he traveled the House floor. What does Madison Cawthorn do now? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He took home railroad car linens, sugar tongs, spittoons, engine components, metal footstools and conductors’ caps, among other items made between the 1880s and the 1950s. Antiques: Antiques: Furniture Dossiers, Naval Flags and Railroad Items 2012-02-09T22:09:18Z She calls it “an anger spittoon” and “a dance party.” In ‘What to Send Up,’ I See You, Black American Theater 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Balled-up paper towels lay in puddles of merlot, shards of pita bread sat astride spittoons of frothy backwash, and always the sound of swishing, gurgling and spitting. Night Out With | Michael Dorf: The Who Never Kept It So Kosher 2010-03-01T20:46:00Z My grandfather's spittoon crashed on to my head at the very moment when West Pakistan went to war against the East. Digested classics: the 20th century's greatest novels 2010-10-13T06:59:00Z Here, when a young girl chokes up a spittoon of blood, the red splattering across her creamy pale skin, the image keeps on giving. Movie Review: ?The Woman in Black? Starring Daniel Radcliffe 2012-02-02T17:15:11Z Former wrestler Lisa Moretti says in the documentary that the gym was "nasty and stinky and dirty, and the mats had blood stains on 'em, and each corner had a spittoon." The Story Behind the Wrestling Show That Inspired Netflix’s 'GLOW' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z To recreate the czar’s private rooms, Ms. Ryadova’s team had to remake almost everything: pickled oak parquet floors, wool rugs and silk draperies, and even spittoons that were used by the imperial family and courtiers. Russia Reopens the Last Czar’s Palace, a Century After His Execution 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s disgusting, but your attitude is live and let live, just as long as they don’t try to use your mouth as a fermented bread spittoon. “The way God intended”: California parents are having ‘measles parties’ instead of vaccinating their kids 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Elated by the crowd, the vain buffoon Absorbing every drop they send his way, Digests them like a tangerine spittoon, Extending lockdown day by endless day. Style Invitational Week 1410: Legends of the fall 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z For 57 years, the team has treated its host city like a spittoon. Column: Anaheim, it's time to tell the Angels and Arte Moreno adiós already 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z He sat down in an armchair in the study of his home, a porcelain spittoon on the floor nearby. China was a brutal communist menace. In 1972, Richard Nixon visited, anyway. 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z In India, spitting was celebrated in royal courts, and grand spittoons were a centrepiece in many homes. India's unwinnable battle against spitting 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The world is your spittoon and hygiene is unpatriotic! Shaving, nail clipping and beyond — What are the limits of public hygiene? 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z “I’m personally not looking for the next Lincoln or Reagan, but simply to help leaders not mired in spittoon politics and who resolutely put the good of the republic before political self-interest.” Allies of Rep. Adam Kinzinger launch super PAC to support Republicans who have bucked Trump 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z 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. Perspective | Five myths about the U.S. Senate 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It wasn’t a urinal, but a “new age, high-efficiency” chewing tobacco spittoon, she said. Silver Dollar Club in Elko to close after storied decades 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z "As a child in Kolkata, I remember spittoons tied to lampposts filled with sand. That's disappeared, and people spit everywhere." India's unwinnable battle against spitting 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The play is an invitation for blacks to stand at what Harris calls an “anger spittoon” to weep, clap, laugh and find comfort in pageant and shared experience. Playwright Aleshea Harris' fierce struggle with American racism 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z 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. Bisbee’s 137-year-old library wins national recognition 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z And you couldn’t go to the barber shop without walking by at least one spittoon. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z You must replace this habit with drinking water or snapping a rubber band on your wrist or perhaps expectorating into a nearby spittoon. I Am Begging You to Stop Sleeping With Your Co-Workers 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The atmosphere at these locales was often hostile and crude — sawdust on the floor, spittoons in the corner and fights breaking out at regular intervals. Looking Back on 100 Years of New York City Drinking Culture, From Gritty to Elegant 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Under my desk I have a spittoon, continuing the Southern rural genre. An Office Decorated in Homage to Southern Art 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “The perception is the Elks is a dark and dismal place, with spittoons and cigar smoking,” Mikolajcyk said. Chef celebrates more than 50 years of serving Portsmouth 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The shop would also have spittoons for the many customers who chewed tobacco. Barbershops see success in New Hampshire 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Instead, they swapped fantastic tales about how Tutsis once used their Hutu slaves as spittoons, expectorating into their mouths, instead of on the ground. America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Just a handful of regulars sat at The Brick, with a trickle of water at their feet running in the 25-foot metal spittoon. Smoke? Fire? Destruction? The little towns near Lake Cle Elum have seen it before 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z On the second floor, McKim took out the executive offices, which reeked of cigar smoke and were cluttered with spittoons, turning the whole story over to the First Family. Is the White House a 'Dump'? It Used to Be 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z On a weekend morning, relatives do all the talking, reminiscing about an era when bat boys had to empty clubhouse spittoons and the refrigerator was stocked with Eskimo Pies. After a lifetime of tending to the Dodgers and Cubs, brothers are part of baseball lore 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z On Koch’s advice, major cities passed anti-spitting laws, and spittoons were removed from public places. New York's chewing tobacco ban shows dipping is yesterday's pastime 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The reporter did not say what those appliances were; perhaps they were pneumatic tubes or spittoons. Roberts Discusses Supreme Court, a Former Chief Justice and Beards 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z She pointed to Twain's original desk, an in-office toilet, a spittoon — even an original bottle of Perry Davis' Pain Killer, from which Twain supposedly took occasional nips. Nevada newspaper where Mark Twain made his name is back in business 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z By contrast, Vice President Joe Biden, gaffe machine, holds a largely ignored office that one of his predecessors compared to a spittoon. Three-Minute Briefing: To Cheer Newest Bro’s Big Win, Boehner Headed to Israel 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The tavern on the main floor recreates where men played cribbage and whist, drank spirits and spat in spittoons. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden on the Upper East Side Once Was a Retreat for the Middle Class 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z This $59 spittoon is to be used first thing in the morning, even before you brush your teeth. 4 Ways Tech Can Help You Get Pregnant 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Looking for an image of a 200-year old spittoon from India? The Metropolitan Museum of Art makes 400,000 iconic works available for download 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The same loan officer spat at him, he said, and later claimed that he had missed a spittoon. Farm Loan Bias Claims, Often Unsupported, Cost U.S. Millions 2013-04-26T01:37:14Z Inside, Suge is propped up on a mattress on the floor watching soap operas, an overflowing spittoon at his side. Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia 2012-11-23T22:59:00Z The very phrase seems as quaint as smoke-filled rooms and spittoons. The Powers of New York: Introduction 2012-05-05T14:54:18Z Executive Mansion June 25, 1863 At Number 4, Hoffman’s Row, we had our law office, second floor, a narrow room with a pair of elegant brass spittoons, a Pennsylvania wood burning stove. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The spittoon in falling from the retainer's hand had not been overturned. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z He lived up a creek, threw boots at leopards, and “had really swell spittoons, you know, shaped like puncheons, and bound with brass.” West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Suge is crying, spitting tears into the spittoon, moved by his father's accusation that he never prayed enough before the accident. Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia 2012-11-23T22:59:00Z Having left the spittoon behind him, he again expectorated on the carpet with a malicious pleasure which was visible through his imperturbable mask of good humour. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z He dropped his cigar wearily into the spittoon by his chair in the club car and relapsed into lethargy. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He saw outlined against the sky in the hands of the native the chief's spittoon. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z "How are you, Johnny Reb?" replied a fore-top man, as he hurled a spittoon in at the port. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z After a little more conversation, he started to lift up a heavy spittoon of iron. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z He was lounging at his ease in an arm-chair, but, on seeing his wife, he rose, and dropped the end of the cigar he was smoking into the spittoon. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z There is a well-known list of his personal characteristics: he played bridge; liked bread, cheese and coffee; smoked; drank and used spittoons. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China - By Ezra F. Vogel - Book Review 2011-10-21T19:18:55Z An attendant holding a spittoon immediately took up his position beside him. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z No functionaries, no door-keepers, no officers, no uniforms, no badges, no reservations, no authority—nothing but a crowd of shabby people circulating in a labyrinth of spittoons. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z I had to put up the fight of my life, but I downed them both finally with the aid of a chair and a spittoon, and got away. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z The third time it happened he could contain himself no longer; with his own hands he fetched a spittoon. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z "Of enchantments?" exclaimed the pastor, shaking out the ashes of his pipe into a coarse pan of sand that served him as a spittoon. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He knocked the offending Cobb into a corner among the spittoons, and ran away from the unbearable tyranny of home. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z He nodded in assent, dropped into a rocking chair, and guided a spittoon into range with his foot. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Water bottles, umbrella stands, spittoons, Venetian blinds, dinners, tips and so on. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z "He doesn't act like the whole world's his spittoon," another American writer said, referencing Woods again. Made in Holywood: Rory McIlroy a global phenomenon aware of his roots 2011-07-09T21:50:01Z A spittoon, if properly aimed at the head of an antagonist, political or otherwise, might bring a debate to a speedy, and perhaps a satisfactory conclusion. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Picking up his pipe he lit it, and as he dropped the charred end of the match in the spittoon a knock came at the door. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z "I got a lot more laughs with that spittoon business than I thought I would," he continued thoughtfully as they turned back toward the dressing-rooms. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “I’m ready for a sports hero who doesn’t treat the world like his spittoon.” A Fresh Young Star Easily Wins the Open, and the Fans? Affection 2011-06-20T02:33:49Z Busy with their own imbibing, nobody noticed him secretly spilling his liquor into the spittoon, while pretending to “drink fair.” The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Many an arbor has witnessed a fresher, rosier, more glowing kiss, but the old spittoon would not exchange with them. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z As I gracefully put my ear in a spittoon, I heard a tremendous firing, and the next minute, through the doorway, beheld the soles of barefooted soldiers' feet. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z The witnesses replied that it was done in disarming him of the cue, whilst complainant was still sprawling among the spittoons. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z The furniture consists of two chromos representing the Emperor and his consort, of a number of yellow chairs, of several green tables, and of an array of spittoons. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z A spittoon was placed between every two gentlemen. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z And Mr. Dingwell lifted both his hands, and actually used that unpleasant utensil called a "spittoon," which is seen in taverns, to give expression, it seemed, to his disgust. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z "No," says I. "I just wanted to listen to the spittoon." Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z The New York Jets helmet serves as his spittoon. The Way I Work: Gary Vaynerchuk 2011-02-01T17:00:00Z The thing that one is chiefly conscious of on entering this compartment is the presence of several spittoons. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z It was universal to chew tobacco in country-houses: they chewed it till they went in to dinner, and they began again directly the ladies left the room, when tobacco and spittoons were handed round. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Formidable editors and publishers like Charles Anderson Dana and Joseph Pulitzer lorded over newsrooms where gaslight was shifting to electric, while spittoons, hand-cranked telephones and suspenders were still commonplace. Lower Manhattan Journal: Near City?s Old Newspaper Row, the Media Are Returning 2011-01-28T16:20:07Z "Yes, sir," said the man, removing his meerschaum from his mouth, and spitting with unerring accuracy into a spittoon by his side. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He was quite young, and with commendable Yankee thrift, was exercising, in the consular dwelling, the occupation of a dentist; the “old flag” flying over his files, false teeth, and spittoons. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The old pangéran used to have splendid insignia of rank for state occasions, magnificent lances, a jewelled betel-box, spittoons—useful objects, those!—of priceless value. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z In the hotel corridors, there is a spittoon standing sentinel outside every door. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z “When you get the dogs running in a dead run after a coyote, now that’s a sport,” Hardzog said before spitting snuff into a tiny gold spittoon. Coyote vs. Greyhound: The Battle Lines Are Drawn 2010-04-26T01:10:00Z At that moment the United States marshal squirted tobacco juice, adroitly hitting a spittoon distant some fourteen feet. A Man in the Open Ginger spat viciously in the direction of the spittoon, but his feelings were too strong for accurate aim. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle From the hoop hung by the door one chooses a pipe, another asks for a quid to chew and a spittoon, the third calls for a paper of snuff newly rasped. English Costume The most indispensable, most conspicuous, piece of furniture in America is the spittoon. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The park is glorious, but it amused me to see spittoons all along the pathways. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 I put my head in the spittoon, and crawled out under the door. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Ginger spat viciously, missing the spittoon by inches. Adventures of Bindle The spittoons have 309 been replaced by tubs for the occasion. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things The host, not to be outdone, was sitting with his feet on the railing of the stove, but as far from the spittoon as possible. Ancestors A Novel You can prevent the smallpox by vaccination, but you cannot keep the flies from carrying ten thousand germs of death from the spittoon to the food on the table. Health Lessons Book 1 In a vast marble-paved hall under the glare of an electric light sat forty or fifty men; and for their use and amusement were provided spittoons of infinite capacity and generous gape. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Or perhaps we came later, fell on a more private hour, and found Tembinok’ retired in the house with the favourite, an earthenware spittoon, a leaden inkpot, and a commercial ledger. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) To illustrate how inadequate the ration was, I can say that I have seen officers picking potato-peelings from the large spittoons, where they were soaking in tobacco spittle, wash them off and eat them. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Even the spittoon was an original note, and instead of sawdust contained sea-shells. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Flies crawl around among slops, in spittoons, and in other unclean places. Health Lessons Book 1 There was a long table for debate, twelve hard chairs for repose, twelve spittoons for luxury, and a clock. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 When a school girl wants excuse to leave her seat she walks across the room and spits vigorously in the spittoon. Letters from China and Japan Outer door of inn, with half-door in L., corner back; door, R., beyond the fireplace; window with red half-curtains; spittoons; candles on both the front tables; night without The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV Jerrold, who had been listening to the uproar in silence, hereupon rang the bell, and shouted "Waiter, spittoons for two!" Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches In one 220 “poor man’s club” he fell asleep and rolled off his chair to a comfortable berth among the spittoons. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards He was attended by retainers bearing betel-boxes, spittoons, weapons, and all sorts of things which his Majesty might want or fancy that he wanted. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' But the men who spend these holy seasons in smoking thick twist, with the Shannon for a spittoon, will reap the reward of their self-denial. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule What brings the man from stuff like this to rotgut and spittoons at Mother Clarke’s? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV Then with another downward flourish he passed the whiskey into a convenient spittoon and drank his chaser pensively, meanwhile shoving a double eagle across the bar. Hidden Water They are accompanied by a few footstools and some spittoons. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Have your own spittoons half full of water, and clean them out at least once a day with hot water. Rural Hygiene An’ that’s jest how it is right thro’ with Skitter Bend,” Shaky finished up, drenching the spittoon against the bar with consummate accuracy. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Mother Clarke’s The Stage represents a room of coarse and sordid appearance: settles, spittoons, etc.; sanded floor. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV "Very little brandy," put in May, for she noticed the spittoon by her side was nearly full and would not carry much more. Australia Revenged We have no furniture worth mentioning; furniture in Cuba being represented by a few cane or leather-bottomed chairs, some spittoons, and a small square of carpet. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba When you spit, spit in the gutters or into a spittoon. Rural Hygiene July 9.—Chewing and spitting paramount here, require incalculable numbers of spittoons. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Rum is his word, and rum his motion.—Settle—chimbly—settle again—spittoon—table rigged for supper. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV Bearded men squirting tobacco juice into brass spittoons. Shaman I had never been under that kind of discipline, and to have a pin-headed gamin order me to clean spittoons was more than I could stomach. A Son of the Middle Border The old spittoon had quite a following, but he hadn’t the cash. Red Men and White He came in, I fancy, with the spittoon…. Anthony Lyveden Still later the patients throw out rounded lumps of greenish yellow or yellowish green color, which flatten out like a coin in the spittoon. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated He jerked his head toward the old man and drew the spittoon near with his feet. Northern Lights Our marines opened on them with muskets: even a spittoon and a holystone were thrown at them from our deck, which drove them away.' The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 He squandered his last precious bullet on the spittoon near which Mr. Adams happened to be at the moment, and the next moment Mr. Adams had him by the throat. Red Men and White Nor can I forget the spittoons,—large shallow boxes, two feet square,—four of them, full of sand. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Henceforth the sputum is also to be thrown in a spittoon which is either entirely empty or on account of easier cleansing has the bottom covered with a thin layer of water. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Each member had his name painted in enormous gold letters on his desk, and had placed beside it a sixty-dollar French imported spittoon. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Then his pride left him, and he let his whiskers grow frowsy and used his vest for a spittoon, and his eyes watered too easily for a man still in his forties. In Our Town He now rose and walked over to the spittoon before going on. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West In the courts of law, the judge has his spittoon on the bench, the counsel have theirs, the witness has his, the prisoner his, and the crier his. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete It should not be permitted to fill the spittoons with sand or sawdust as the tubercle bacilli can be easily thrown up with the dust. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated The curios include tobacco jars, spill cups, and ash trays; and there are also brass and copper spittoons and pipe racks. Chats on Household Curios He wears dark spectacles, and smokes a long pipe, and uses a great spittoon, and in using it does not always attain that accuracy of marksmanship supposed to be characteristic of the Boer. A Tramp's Notebook Groups of men were gathered around spittoons, talking earnestly, gesticulating with fists and elaborate broad-hand, free-arm movements—political gestures, as Bradley recognized. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The ladies are not compelled to sit in isolation, by the side of passengers who use the car-floor as a spittoon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 The spittoon was emptied into the sea at a distance from land secretly and in the middle of the night. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Except about twenty large stout wooden boxes called spittoons, there was no furniture whatever in prison number three. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 There was sawdust on the genuine wood floor, big brass spittoons and a life-sized oil-color of a reclining nude, done with meaty attention to detail, behind a small mahogany topped bar. Vigorish "Oh, you go too far; a legislator wouldn't steal a spittoon." A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Hard gas light shewed237 no adornment, nothing but pitch pine panelling, spittoons, bottles on shelves and an almanac. The Man Who Lost Himself Must we give up our playful duels, and our convenient spittoons, before we can hope to pass muster as Christians and gentlemen beyond our own borders? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Conjecture was rife as to the purpose of the Confederates in supplying us with spittoons and nothing else. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 The outgoing tenant had obviously used the hearth as a spittoon. Nights in London They stole stationery, spittoons, waste baskets, by God! A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West My friend wanted to know what I threw the spittoon for. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Accordingly, he takes things easy from the very first—kicks his spittoon to a convenient angle, offers a libation of cold water to his parched entrails, and begins. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 It had a long table for debate, twelve hard chairs for repose, twelve spittoons for luxury, and a clock. Eli First published in the "Century Magazine" The very sawdust on the floor stank of villainy; the brass bar rail might have been a rigid length of poison snake; the spittoons were small sinks of corruption. From Place to Place Steve was just preparing to seize the old man from behind, when Judge Gordon, struggling to his feet among the spittoons, cried out, in the voice of a Colonel of Fourth of July militia:— "H-o-l-d!" The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 The Ranger poured his untasted liquor into the spittoon and settled the bill. Oh, You Tex! Each member is provided with a private desk, stationery ad lib., a stuffed arm-chair, and a particular spittoon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Tom rummaged the warehouse, and found a common earthenware spittoon, which he dragged out in triumph. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 The source of danger being the spit, it should be collected in a pocket spittoon or piece of paper, and be destroyed before it has time to dry. Papers on Health A refined sort of spittoon has been introduced, with a high handle. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar “Well, sir, hang me if one of his wives—the oldest and ugliest of ’em—wasn’t sitting there holden a golden spittoon ready for him to use whenever he wanted.” Middy and Ensign When the clerk finished, he spat plentifully in a spittoon at his feet, cleared his throat, and let loose the flood of rhetoric which was threatening already to burst over the dam. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond I wonder if she thinks she can buy spittoons by a new-fangled name," he muttered, "and nobody know what she wants 'em for? The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Everyone knew his power before a jury, and the room was painfully silent as he walked with stately tread to a spittoon and cleared his mouth of a big wad of tobacco. The Eagle's Heart A table knife, chisel, and spittoon were secured for working tools, when operations commenced. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer For two hours she waited to see President Johnson, in an anteroom "among the huge half-bushel-measure spittoons and terrible filth ... where the smell of tobacco and whiskey was powerful." Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian Jerrold, who had been listening to the uproar in silence, hereupon rung the bell, and shouted:— "Waiter, spittoons for two!" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings With a flourish and a smirk, Tom deposited the spittoon on the counter under Silvia's astonished eyes. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 He called for a spittoon and the judge grunted disgustedly. In Happy Valley One would enter the hole with his tools and a small tallow candle, dragging the spittoon after him attached to a string. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer So often did Mrs. Trollope recur to this habit that she managed to give one the impression that this country was in those days a sort of huge spittoon. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Entering one of the stores, they found a group of men sitting about the stove, smoking, chatting, and spitting aimlessly into a huge spittoon made of boards and filled with sawdust. Wayside Courtships Miss Silvia asked for a spittoon, and I showed her one. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 He disgorged a cud of tobacco into a spittoon, took the oath with unctuous solemnity, then reloaded himself with another chew and told his version of the attack on the jail. Lone Star Planet Then he flung the stump of a cigar into a sawdust spittoon and began. Under Fire Then the boiler deck, toothpicks, cigars, breezes, armchairs, spittoons, the sad news of the two deaths up-stairs, the ugly news of the five passengers set ashore and the reason thereof. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi It had sand on the floor, and spittoons. Foe-Farrell Of course people do not want spittoons unless they use tobacco, do they? The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 They appropriated one of the wooden spittoons of the prison, and to each side attached a piece of clothes-line which they had been permitted to have to dry clothes on. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Round another tub—a shallow oak one, tidily hooped with cooper—which served as spittoon, a solemn circle of smokers was already assembled. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Then he noticed the rose she had left, and tossed it in the spittoon. The Freebooters of the Wilderness It was crowded, between the spittoons, with little cast-iron tables, covered with dirty table-cloths spread upon American cloth and garnished with artificial flowers and napkins of Japanese paper. Foe-Farrell Don't you think it a disgrace for a girl to use tobacco? and that's what Sil does, and goes and buys a spittoon before the whole town! The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 And there was a vision of a sawdusted floor and spittoons within. None Other Gods There were no basins or towels or anything to wash up with, and no spittoons, so the men were spitting all over the already filthy floor. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia The whole building and everything in it was in admirable taste, even to the library smoking-room, which was only disfigured by ugly spittoons and half-burned cigars. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life His trappings are magnificent, being gold, studded with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and other precious stones; his betel-box, spittoon, and the vessel out of which he feeds, are of gold inlaid with precious stones. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons "At least half-a-dozen people were in Morris's this evening when she asked for the spittoon, and then got mad with the clerk about something." The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Occasionally a speaker would pause to send a mouthful of tobacco juice in aimless pursuit of a spittoon, or to slice off a fresh quid from the plug he carried in his pocket. The Voice of the People He did not see that there were some empty bottles on the locker, and they rolled down on the floor, and one of them was broken against the spittoon. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel The two coins ran trickling, the one to clash against a brass spittoon, the other to take hiding in a dark corner under the counter. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Stubs decorated the floors, the spittoons, the sidewalks. Children of the Market Place Bring at once the tea, the lamp, the embers, the little pipes for the ladies, the little bamboo pots for spittoons! Madame Chrysantheme He tore the proof-slip into small fragments and threw them into the spittoon. The Colossus A Novel The spittoon was solid silver, and had never been used but once, when a child threw into it an orange peeling. Around The Tea-Table A thousand dollars were expended for two hundred elegant imported china spittoons. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question It all helped her to be comfortably angry, and there too was that horrible spittoon. Westways All sat down and the Envoy plunged into an animated conversation with Colonel Dermot, first producing a metal box and taking betel-nut from it to chew, while the attendant placed a spittoon conveniently near him. The Jungle Girl "All right," Richmond replied, sitting down, reaching out with his foot and drawing a spittoon toward him. The Colossus A Novel The spittoon knows its place in the corner, as if treated by tobacco chewers with oft indignity. Around The Tea-Table Further, the spittoons were emptied on a place in the yard where the chickens generally came to pick up any stray corn. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 "Take away that thing," she said,—"that spittoon." Westways I amused myself—as I can't talk politics, and would not if I could—by noticing the ingenuity and variety of the spittoons placed about in convenient spots. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 They will soon have-- at least in the "ladies' department"--elegance instead of discomfort, beauty for ashes, plenty of rocking-chairs, and no need of spittoons. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays There is the mucilage bottle broken, and six panes of glass, and a spittoon and two candlesticks. The Bed-Book of Happiness It was a low-roofed, smoke-stained room, with a profusion of spittoons scattered over it, which, to judge by the condition of the floor, the patrons of the establishment had taken some pains to avoid. The Firm of Girdlestone Then her eyes fell on the much used spittoon by the fireside. Westways Spittoons will be spittoons—they risk not being recognized. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 One refined method of opprobrium was the unprohibited sale in the main streets of Berlin of spittoons bearing the countenance of the English Colonial Minister, Mr. Chamberlain. William of Germany From time to time, he sits up in bed, lifts his pointed head towards the ceiling, shakes himself, and grasping and knocking together his spittoon and his physic-glass, he coughs like a lion. Light Mr. Partridge was lying in the corner with a splintered table over his legs, his head in a spittoon, and fragments of ruined machinery bursting out through enormous rents in his trousers and his coat. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot The Squire cast an amused look at the big spittoon and then at his wife, and went upstairs to dress for dinner. Westways The spittoons that tried to be pretty were the most hideous. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 One lady was evidently his wife—an altogether extensively constructed dame, gifted with a rubicund square mile of countenance, with dimples in her cheeks which looked like spittoons for cupids. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Here we found ourselves in a large low room containing some thirty or forty tables, and fitted up after the universal restaurant pattern, with cheap-looking glasses, rows of hooks, and spittoons in due number. In the Days of My Youth As the statement did not attract the attention of anybody, he seated himself in a chair, placed his feet upon the table, and aiming with surprising accuracy at a spittoon, said his name was Powell. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot Davis was now spitting in the Presidential spittoon, and scribbling his distiches with the nib of the Presidential goose-quill. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator Dentists—a houseful of them—spittoons, revolving basins; patients going upstairs with sinking feelings; wondering at the pattern on the wallpaper; going down triumphant. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 Most people can rub along on a holiday quite cheerfully without a spittoon; but then the handbook never meant you to be deprived of home comforts for the want of asking. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 The great entrance is liberally supplied with an abundance of chairs, benches, &c., and decorated with capacious spittoons, and a stove which glows red-hot in the winter. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada It would jerk Mr. Potts high into the air and souse him down in an appalling manner, with one leg among Slugg's gouges and other instruments of torture, and with the other in the spittoon. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot In a vast marble-paved hall, under the glare of an electric light, sat forty or fifty men, and for their use and amusement were provided spittoons of infinite capacity and generous gape. American Notes Several of the gentlemen got up, one by one, and walked off as they swallowed their last morsel; pausing generally by the stove for a minute or so to refresh themselves at the brass spittoons. Martin Chuzzlewit The monotonous appearance of the sanded boards was relieved by an occasional spittoon; and a triangular pile of those useful articles adorned the two upper corners of the apartment. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people The Stage represents a room of coarse and sordid appearance: settles, spittoons, etc.; sanded floor. Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson The figure walked bang through a small collection of flower-pots, sent a chair flying, tramped heavily in the spittoon, and then brought up against the table with a loud crash and stood still. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Throwing the end of his cigar into the spittoon, he glanced defiantly at his companion and turned towards me. The Captain of the Polestar I have not the ability of Selina Whiston in such matters, and there is nothing to this day but the one vile, miserable room, properly furnished in no particular except spittoons. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Another time he threw an earthenware spittoon through the window, and would have sent the clock after it had I not prevented him. The Stark Munro Letters What brings the man from stuff like this to rotgut and spittoons at Mother Clarke's; but ah, George, you was born for a higher spear! Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson From its sloping internal form it might have been called the spittoon of the Jotuns. The Mayor of Casterbridge They are in a flourishing condition, having recently embellished their front door-step with a new and elegant scraper of unique design; and purchased four superb spittoons for the use of the committee. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 Not to discuss spitting, which is for spittoons, not literature, our fellow-travellers on the deck of the "floating palace" were passably endurable people, in looks, style, and language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 In law, he is as mere a subject as the slave who bears his betel-box; or that other slave who, on his knees, and with averted face, presents his spittoon. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Then, observing an enemy approaching,—a hairy tarantula on stilts—why not set the spittoon on him? Roughing It, Part 7. In many cases, too, the wealthy and the cultured rose to spittoons and other evidences of a sumptuous and luxurious taste. Roughing It, Part 3. If smoking is indulged in, have placed upon the table a number of small match boxes, ashes receivers, and between the chairs spittoons. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. He couldn't make up his mind to stoop to blacking boots and cleaning spittoons. The Man in Gray She has wept in my wood-box, in my new spittoon, on my desk and on my birthday. Remarks He outlawed the latter by tearing them to pieces in the landlord's presence, and dropping the fragments into a spittoon. A Modern Instance He also furnished pine benches and chairs for the legislature, and covered the floors with clean saw-dust by way of carpet and spittoon combined. Roughing It, Part 3. On the previous night she had decorated his room with branches of the birch-tree, put clean sand and some cowslips in the spittoon, and a bunch of lilies-of-the-valley on the dressing table. Married The walls hear whispers and the semi-tones Of voices in the corner, over telephones Muffled by Persian padding, gemmed with brass spittoons. Toward the Gulf I opened the paper in the hall of an hotel—there was a big marble floor and spittoons!—and my eyes fell on that horror. The Reverberator Porcelain spittoons in considerable numbers garnished the floor, and their office was by no means a sinecure one, even in the saloon exclusively devoted to ladies. The Englishwoman in America He received Vancouver in his study, which was handsomely furnished with bright green wall-paper, a sideboard on which stood a number of decanters and glasses, several leather easy-chairs, and a green china spittoon. An American Politician One thing that he abhorred was the chewing of tobacco in the house, because he pitied the women who were forced to look after and clean the spittoons. The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher After a little, naturally enough, I glanced round for the spittoon; but discovered that it was not there. The Ghost Pirates A spittoon, constantly used, was placed by the side of each member. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States The owner or clerk is seen seated by his goods, absorbed in the morning paper—probably balancing himself on one leg of his chair, with a spittoon by his side. The Englishwoman in America Without paying heed to her he coughed and went to one of the spittoons beside the wainscot. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction There is in the country a spittoon which belonged to Buddha, made of stone, and in color like his alms-bowl. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han Imagine there is an Elizabethan spittoon in the middle of the table," she said, "and keep on firmly spitting into it. Queen Lucia He cleared his throat occasionally with a rasping noise and spat loudly into the spittoon beside him. Three Soldiers "Count de Bellairs told me that there was a spittoon at every desk in the Senate and that he counted eight toothpicks in one hour." Senator North A man who, I may say, lives and moves only in a spittoon. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures If you want the spittoon in a certain spot, where it will be handy, they don't, and so they move it. Sketches New and Old, Part 6. Did he not know that the very "spittoon" which his judgeship used cost the city the sum of one thousand dollars? The Gilded Age, Part 6. Jim Poland—for such was the big man's name—growled and spat reflectively into a spittoon. Tales of Chinatown As for spittoons and toothpicks, they are conspicuous in every hotel in the United States. Senator North I cleaned his windows, and the bar, and the spittoons; and he lent me money to go where work would be plentiful. The Eye of Zeitoon Mr. Barlow again cleared his throat, looking about the floor as if he were in the habit of living near a spittoon. Thyrza He closed his toothpick with a snap, spat dexterously at a spittoon which stood in a corner of the room, and the interview was over. Maurice Guest In the Sandwich Islands chiefs were attended by a confidential servant bearing a portable spittoon, and the deposit was carefully buried every morning to put it out of the reach of sorcerers. The Golden Bough As for spittoons, they were invented for our own Southern aristocrats who loved tobacco then as now. Senator North A spittoon occupied a prominent place in the center of the room. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail No functionaries, no door-keepers, no officers, no uniforms, no badges, no restrictions, no authority—nothing but a crowd of shabby people circulating in a labyrinth of spittoons. The Point of View Muttering a few words of incoherent recognition, he sank upon a sandalwood settee, as Goliath, the little slave, brought aromatic coffee in cups of opal, and alabaster spittoons, and pipes of the fragrant Gibelly. Burlesques The Rajah seated himself opposite to her in a similar chair, and a similar spittoon and sirih-box were held by a little boy squatting at his side. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 I would as soon kiss a spittoon as to kiss such a mouth. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation All the little ornaments he had worn, his journals, his furniture, his Dutch spittoon, his spy-glass hanging by the mantel, were all there. Ursula The rest get among the spittoons and pipes or lean against the piano. Bleak House |
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