noun. The act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing or hawking and spitting; euphemistically, a spitting.

noun. The matter expectorated.

noun. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

noun. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

noun. The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.

noun. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

noun. the process of coughing up and spitting out

noun. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

"Many survived, and blessed Captain Southcombe, not at first cordially — for the man yet remains to be discovered who is grateful to his doctor — but gradually more and more, and with that healthy action of the human bosom which is called expectoration, whenever grateful memories were rekindled by the smell of tar."

prune-juice expectoration  

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