Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who expectorates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
- noun a medicine promoting expectoration
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Examples
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Unfortunately it flies into the wind, and will return to strike the expectorator. —
The Early Word: Going Negative - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Unless you go back to 1844, I hear Polk was notoriously sweaty, and Clay was not only a fine orator, but a world class expectorator, as well
Now, what's the right way to fix a baby's hair? Ann Althouse 2008
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The true expectorator is within, laved in his own home-made suds.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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