expectoration

• Her constantly increasing cough and expectoration, though not attended with much pain, were, as usual, accompanied [Pg 42] with uneasiness, want of sleep, and great weakness, which made her frequently request prayer that she might have patience to bear all without a murmur, and await her Father's will. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of /*, by AUTHOR.
• We decided that "honor the protein" is a great euphemism for expectoration-free fellatio. —  Gawker
• The walls of this very handsome building were encrusted with dried red expectoration, and scored with splashes of lime from fingers--the lime is chewed with the betel nut. —  From Edinburgh to India ; Burmah
• Signs were posted forbidding any expectoration or feeding of the animals (which latter is often done with nuts or fruit which had been cracked or bitten before being handed to the monkeys) by the general public, and these rules were strictly enforced At the same time the houses were thoroughly ventilated and exposed to sunlight as much as possible, and the animals were turned out into open air cages whenever the weather would possibly permit. —  Preventable Diseases
• His tongue and fauces became so coated with the expectoration, that a stranger viewing the patient would have said that he was vomiting black paint. —  An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners

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