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German
Etymology
spucken + Napf
Pronunciation
Noun
Spucknapf m (strong, genitive Spucknapfes or Spucknapfs, plural Spucknäpfe)
- spittoon
1851, Heinrich Heine, “Jetzt wohin?”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Doch es ängstet mich ein Land, / Wo die Menschen Tabak käuen, / Wo sie ohne König kegeln, / Wo sie ohne Spucknapf speien.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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