n. A machine that dispenses time-stamped tickets in a parking lot.
1997
Literally thousands of old and not-so-old items will be auctioned off starting at 10 a.m., everything from a Rudd water heater to 4,300 blue arena seats still bolted to the floor and parking lot ticket spitters to a Pratt Reed spinet piano.
1994
The electrical service that started up on Aug. 30 after approval by officials from Toronto and Ontario Hydro will not only power the new fluorescent lights that have been installed throughout the garage but also the fire alarms, emergency speakers, "spitters" that issue tickets, gates that let cars through and cash registers that collect money when the cars leave.
1985 (earliest)
Upon pulling into one of the garage's two street entrances, the driver receives a "spitter" ticket from a machine and the parking gate opens, according to Jack Finnerty, CitiPark International senior vice president and general manager.