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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sawdust was sprinkled on the floor to catch meat drippings and inhibit odours, not that I ever remember that working, but apparently it was swept up every night and a new layer sprinkled every morning.
I understand that a spit and sawdust pub is a throw back from the old days when spittoons were provided for customers to spit into and sawdust to mop up the product from poor shots, spilt beer or blood from any fight which might have broken out. The phrase is still used today although these types of pub are few and far between nowadays (thankfully). Spitting has almost entirely died out with the decline in 'baccy' chewing that produced the need to spit.