Read full poem →I have told no one but you, Holy Mary. My mother would call me "whore",
and spit upon me; the priest would have me repent, and have
the rest of my life spent in a convent. I am no whore, no bad woman,
Dictionary Entry
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
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Common Phrases
. spitupon spitspit sand
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Poetry examples for “spit”
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Read full poem →The boys strike them with black and red striped agates. The glass
marbles spit crimson when they are hit, and slip into the gutters
under rushing brown water. I smell tulips and narcissus in the air,
Read full poem →The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full
of holes, new beautiful things come in the first spit
of snow on the northwest wind, and the old things
Read full poem →Nor bought me with his land;
I would have spit into his face
And not have taken his hand. 40
Read full poem →A knife in your side for raggin' him so hard;
Or how would you relish some spit in your broth?
Or a little Paris green in your cheese for chard?
Read full poem →My words take fire fro m my inflamed thoughts,
Which spit it forth like the Sicilian hill.
They vent their wares, and pass them with their faults,
Read full poem →Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,
Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me,
Read full poem →Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,
Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me,
Read full poem →_Eur._ That is, a Creon: O thou black detractor,
Who spit'st thy venom against gods and men!
Thou enemy of eyes;