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spittle 1. the fluid secreted in the mouth; saliva or spit 2. the frothy substance secreted on plants by the larvae of certain froghoppers How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In a little dirty room with the painted panels of its walls filthy with spittle, and conversation audible through the thin partition from the next room, in a stifling atmosphere saturated with impurities, on a bedstead moved away from the wall, there lay covered with a quilt, a body. He gathered the spittle in his mouth and spat full in Strickland's face. -- Oh, how gladly I could throw those fifty thousand roubles in his face, and spit in it, and then rub the spittle in |
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