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Word: spat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gained complete control of the whole region, but they were at first unable to civilize the natives. The aboriginal race had sunk to such a depth of degradation that even the divine power of the gods could not of itself raise them. When Munnee and Boshor discovered this, they spat upon the earth, and a great river sprang forth which divided the world into two parts. On one side of the river they placed all the men, and upon the other side all the women. Munnee then took his place among the women, and Boshor among...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RELIGION AND MORALS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...stood in the doorway for a moment, looking about the room; then he took his cigar out of his mouth and spat upon the floor; then, having replaced the stump, he staggered down the whole length of the table, and lurched into a chair at the other end of the room; and then, at last, he saw fit to take off his hat, which he threw to a table near him. Having taken his seat, he stared at the company for a while, expectorated a second time, and finally, calling the waiter, remarked "Brandy!" in a voice whose twang rivalled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES ABROAD. | 4/23/1875 | See Source »

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