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Spitter   Listen
noun
Spitter  n.  One who ejects saliva from the mouth.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Spitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... uncouth-looking figures clambered up the hill toward the ruined rendezvous. They were dressed like the previous comer, who, as they passed through the open door, exchanged greetings with each in antique phraseology, bestowing at the same time some familiar nickname. Flash-in-the-Pan, Spitter-of-Frogs, Malmsey Butt, Latheyard Will, and Mark-the-Pinker, were the few sobriquets the broker remembered. Whether these titles were given to express some peculiarity of their owner he could not tell, for a silence followed as they slowly ranged themselves upon ...
— The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales • Bret Harte

... nature held a torch for him. A vivid shaft of lightning crinkled overhead and spread a broad flare of illumination across the sea. His suspicions, which had been stirred by that sullen roar, were now verified. He saw a low wall of white water, rolling and frothing. It was a summer "spitter" trampling the waves. ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day



Words linked to "Spitter" :   spitball, somebody, expectorator, someone, delivery, person, soul, mortal, spit, individual, pitch



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