spoil-the stem of spoil v.1 in comb. with ns., as spoil-five, a round game of cards which is said to be ‘spoiled’ if no player wins three out of a possible five tricks; † spoil-paper, a petty author or scribbler; spoil-puddingslang(seequot.); spoil-trade, one who spoils trade. Also spoil-sport.1839Carleton Fardorougha xvi, Busy at the game of ‘*spoil five’.1841Lever C. O'Malley lxxv, What do you say to a little spoil five, or beggar my neighbour?1610–11in J. Davies (Heref.) Paper's Compl.Wks. (Grosart) II. 81/2 Nor list I purchase penance at that rate, As some *Spoile-Papers haue deerely done of late.1788Grose Dict. Vulgar T. (ed. 2), *Spoil Pudding, a parson who preaches long sermons, keeping his congregation in church till the puddings are over done.1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. viii. 77 Go on, I'll be no *Spoil-Trade, go Cheat and be Cheated, to the end of your Lives.1854Poultry Chron. I. 222/1 Thinking it best in such barefaced cases to become a ‘spoil-trade’, I have forwarded you the particulars.1885A. Dale Jonathan's Home 100 Their American brothers look upon them..as spoil-trades and unscrupulous bargainers.