Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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spoils
IPA transcription: [sp'ɔɪlz]
Pronunciations of spoils
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Usage examples
"And it just spoils all our pleasure."
In very hot weather, it is difficult to corn beef in cold brine before it spoils.
He took rather more than his share of the spoils, but the girls had no voice to object.
He eats all sorts of food, but spoils more for man, by running about over it, than he eats.
I suppose chivalry would require me to vacate, so that you may enjoy at once the spoils of war.”
Sick persons should have their coffee made separate from the family, as standing in the tin pot spoils the flavor.
And on that bank Behold the glitt'ring spoils, half-eaten fish, Scales, fins, and bones, the leavings of his feast."
But, when the empire was once invaded, they bethought themselves of sharing the land, just as they shared spoils after a victory.
Then, "victorious and contented," Cavendish wished to secure the great spoils which he was conveying against any chance of danger.
The twelve canoes, the spoils of victory, were of little value; they were placed on the camp fire one after another, and reduced to ashes.
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