Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who mars or disturbs enjoyment or mirth, as a morose person; a killjoy; a spoil-sport.

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Examples

  • But once more to this same trouble-mirth, this Lady Varney.

    Kenilworth 2004

  • But once more to this same trouble-mirth, this Lady

    Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801

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