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From Mother Goose and Grimm:

The relevant senses of the verb spoil, from NOAD2:

[ no obj. ] (of food)   become unfit for eating: I’ve got some ham that’ll spoil if we don’t eat it tonight.

harm the character of (a child) by being too lenient or indulgent: the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas | (as adj. spoiled): a spoiled child.

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