spitting box
English
Noun
spitting box (plural spitting boxes)
- A receptacle to spit into; a spittoon.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 69:
- 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.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 69: