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Definition of Spoilers
1. spoiler [n] - See also: spoiler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoilers
Literary usage of Spoilers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson ... Captain by Thomas Hutchinson (1884)
"The worthy descendants of those " enemies and spoilers," as he terms them, now
hold high and honourable places in the United States, but it will rather ..."
2. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"The remedy seemed to lie in a change of government, and the country resounded
with the cry: "Away with the spoilers!" The Whigs took advantage of this to ..."
3. The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh: Three by James Mackintosh (1848)
"Let ns not teach the spoilers of future times to represent our resumption of a
right of suffrage as a precedent for their seizure of lands and possessions. ..."
4. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... lords and gentlemen, . . . are to be met with at every step. of independence,
and also the favorite victims of the cruelty of spoilers and conquerors. ..."
5. Home-talks by John Humphrey Noyes (1875)
"THE HOME-spoilers. ** T)EHOLD, how good and how pleasant it J_/ is for brethren
to dwell together in unity." " Home, sweet home! there is no place like home ..."
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