spitter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
noun an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.

It was a summer “spitter” trampling the waves. — Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast, Holman Day
It was a small room, with a stove in the middle, set in a long shallow box of sand, for the benefit of the “spitters,” a bar across one end--a mere counter with a sliding glass-case behind it containing a few bottles having ambitious labels, and a wash-sink in one corner. — The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain

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