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A major scandal or furor. For example, If they don't improve the women's facilities, Marjorie will make a big stink about it . [Early 1800s]

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In the chapter that opens with The Big Stink in London, you write, "Dictionary People showed a strong tendency toward innovation."

A lot of sargassum would pile up on beaches, where it would decompose, attracting flies and causing a big stink.

She says she doesn’t want to make a big stink about defending him because she thinks that could inflame some families more.

“I’ve never been like someone who walks into a Walmart without a mask, looking to make a big stink,” said Rossi, who is vaccinated.

“We were just having a conversion because obviously there was a big stink that was made out of it last year, right?”

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