The spittoon knows its place in the corner, as if treated by tobacco chewers with oft indignity.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
He jerked his head toward the old man and drew the spittoon near with his feet.
"Northern Lights"
Gilbert Parker
Mr. Hopper neither drinks nor smokes, but he uses the spittoon with more freedom in this atmosphere.
"The Crisis, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill