From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspittoonspit‧toon /spɪˈtuːn/ noun [countable] DHa container that people spit into
Examples from the Corpus
spittoon• An enormous brass spittoon squatted beside my desk, which had probably last been varnished while Hayes was alive.• Tuppe examined a row of spittoons and an elephant's foot commode.• It was large and unlit, old spittoons and mounds of newspaper left as memorials of lost health and accumulating obituaries.• Now pass that spittoon over here when you get a chance.• Unless she's turned on by her proficiency with the spittoon.Origin spittoon (1800-1900) spit + -oon (as in balloon) 