spoil bank n.— «In the rolling hills just a few miles outside town, a forest of black locust, black cherry and young sugar maple grows from what the locals call spoil banks, mounds of dirt and rock tossed aside by years of strip-mining...
spoil n.— «One aspect of the investigation is whether Allanson received a “spoil”—racing parlance for a bookie offering over the odds.» —“CEO’s ‘Hindon’ inquiry widens” by Adrian Dunn Herald...
snakebite v. to bring (someone) bad luck; to ruin or spoil (a shot, a deal, a game, etc.); snakebite n. bad luck; unluckiness; a curse. Editorial Note: The adjectival forms, snakebitten and snakebit ‘unlucky or cursed,’ are common. (source: Double...