† let-gamen.
Obsolete.
One who hinders the game; a spoil-sport.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant person
let-gamec1374
displeaser1641
troll1697
spoil-sport1801
pill1865
foul ball1918
Scrooge1940
slag1943
grinch1966
grot1970
knob jockey1989
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 478 (527) Dredeles it cler was in þe wynde Of euery pye and euery lette game.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 299/2 Lette game, or lettare of play.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxix Let games and purpose brekers.
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