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spitter means: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eiprsttStarts with SEnds with R0 clues

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an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it

From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.

“Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket”
“Fines will be issued to spitters who spit wantonly in public.”
“After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.”

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