Talk:Spittoon

Questions for improving the article:
 * 1)Were spittoons ever common outside of the USA and Canada?
 * 2)What exactly is the difference between a spittoon and a cuspidor? My impression is that while the terms are sometimes used interchangably, the spitoon is specifically for chewing tobacco, while the cuspidor has wider uses, such as in dentist offices.

Wondering simply, -- Infrogmation 05:13, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's looking like spittoons were for spitting in general. Cuspidor is sometimes another name for the spittoon, but is also used for the dental sink. -- Infrogmation 23:01, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Topics for expanding the article
The near eastern spittoons or spitoon like items
 * What were they called?
 * When, where were they used?
 * What were they used for? Chewing anything?

Spittoon usage in Europe

Should dental cuspidor info go into article?

Cleaning spittoons: low class job, in US given to African Americans, recent immigrants. Fuller brush made special spittoon cleaning brushes.

Link to Inkjet Printers (disambig for Ink Spittoons)
Should there be a small disambig link to Inkjet printer, since they have components called "ink spittoons". Eptin

Wild West Tech
There are some phrases here (the paragraphs "Spittoons are flat-bottomed…" and on tuberculosis, at least) that are word for word or nearly so with the episode "Revenge Tech" on Wild West Tech. It appeared on this encyclopedia first, but I wonder if anyone knows of a common source both may have gotten the phrasing from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.36.141 (talk) 13:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Spittoon
For the record, there are still spittoons in the gyms in oklahoma. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.212.172 (talk) 13:39, 7 October 2008 (UTC)