expectoration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

The silences widened; the expectoration marvellously increased. — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, Mark Twain
In grisly expectation The prison all is bound, And, save expectoration, You cannot hear a sound. — The Book of Ballads: Eleventh Edition, 1870, Theodore, Sir Martin
I had to give that up too; there was not a spot in all Germany suitable for the purpose of expectoration! — The Land of Thor, J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

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