spit-take

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My wife would have thought I was doing a Danny Thomas immitation-he was the king of the spit-take.

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  • Or if Harvey knows something we don't - that all the spit-take rehearsals in the world won't save what might be looking increasingly like a critical and commercial nonstarter. —  The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
  • Evil Maryann: Padma's spit-take with Ariane's dessert. —  Blog updates
  • Eli Roth, who provides both the quote and the spit-take of the day: —  Leslie's Omnibus
  • The soda itself is a really deep yellow, so infused with food coloring that it looks like it would make an awful stain if you were to get it on fabric or the carpet or something, a very distinct possibility after you take in a mouthful and invariably end up doing a spit-take. —  Branded in the 80s!
  • (The grand display, your spit-take after tasting Ocean Spray) —  Sheldon Comic Strip: The daily webcomic by Dave Kellett
 

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