Spittoon

Spittoons are receptacles (usually made of brass) for, well, spitting, specifically residue from chewing tobacco (or dipping tobacco). They were a common feature placed on the floor in saloons, hotels, banks, and other places where men tended to gather. 
The practice began to die out in the 1930s, apart from a few regional exceptions. Spittoons today are most often encountered in Western movies or television, and occasionally in seedy bars often near the piano player.
==References==
File:Rodeorosie-spittoon.jpg|Spittoons show up in Sesame Gulch saloons at various times.The Sesame Street Dictionary
File:Muppetannual-spittoon.jpg|Again in the Western tradition, a spittoon is glimpsed ‎at the Lily White Milk Bar."The Mild Bunch"Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1980 ‎
File:Princess-spittoon.jpg|When Princess Penelope teaches piano to Prince Paul, a spittoon is visible in two panels, vibrating from the music."The Princess and the P"Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary Vol. 3
*On Sesame Street Episode 3522 (1995), Grouch beautician Vidal Spittoon visits (combining the name of Vidal Sassoon and the receptacle for tobacco drippings).
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