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Meanings of spoil good in English

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Usage of spoil good in English
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Am I the man to spoil good almond paste with streaks of cochineal?
Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make ...
2
Those with normal taste will not spoil good bananas by adding sugar and cream.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
3
You mustn't spoil good fun for other people who really know how to skate.
Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun
4
Now please don't let good manners spoil good food.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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For his part the singer must be wary not to spoil good music with unseemly words.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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I only spoil good paper which might otherwise be profitably used to wrap herrings in, they think.
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
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He may do something better than good work of detail, but will spoil good work of detail.
The English Constitution
8
Don't worry Aunt Cherry about profaning the Ewe, just to spoil good calico with nasty yellow dust.
The Long Vacation
9
How darest thou thus spoil good cheer?
The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
10
All the crows in Pleasant Valley agreed that it was a pity to spoil good corn like that.
The Tale of the The Muley Cow / Slumber-Town Tales
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If I had the command of the campaign I would go with rifles only, no cumbersome Maxims and cannon to spoil good rocks with.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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The Paumotan boys and Pae looked on in horror, saying that I was spoiling good rum.
White Shadows in the South Seas
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Everything's cheap metal work nowadays, touching up miserable photographs, forcing up poor drawings, and spoiling good ones.
O Pioneers!
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In like manner, an affectation of wit by degrees hardens the heart, and spoils good company and good manners.
The Bed-Book of Happiness / Being a colligation or assemblage of...
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She had excellent feelings; but as that old woman (Maintenon) once said, "bad company spoils good manners."
Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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When poverty spoils good company.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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