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January 15, 2010 by Grant Barrett

Bespawl

Today’s word of the day is bespawl, which means “to soil or make foul with or as with spittle.” In other words, to spit on something. Spawl (or spall) is “saliva or spittle thrown out carelessly; slaver.”

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