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stinker
[ sting-ker ]
noun
- a person or thing that stinks.
- Informal. a mean or despicable person; louse.
- Informal. something, especially some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.
- Informal. something difficult:
a real stinker of a crossword puzzle.
- any device emitting an offensive odor, as a stink bomb or stinkpot.
- Dialect. any of several large petrels.
stinker
/ ˈstɪŋkə /
noun
- a person or thing that stinks
- slang.a difficult or very unpleasant person or thing
- slang.something of very poor quality
- informal.any of several fulmars or related birds that feed on carrion
Word History and Origins
Origin of stinker1
Example Sentences
Pretty well by Russian standards—a free peasant was known as a smerd, meaning “stinker.”
And the stench of desperation from retailers, fearful that the vital Christmas holiday season will be a stinker.
[Laughs] KROLL: The “Tinker Stinker” I like, in that it felt like a true labeling of something that happens.
My Lecter-like sense of smell tells me this gussied-up stinker has the whiff of “hit” all over it.
As for revamping Medicare, this is an across-the-board stinker.
Nothin', only you're a white-livered stinker, an' I'm jest a-spoilin' foh a fight with you-all.
With one accord Stinker's suggestion was acclaimed, and the bomb was thrust into the glowing coals of Rumford's study fire.
Stinker had produced from his pocket a corked test-tube, tightly packed with some dark substance.
At that moment "the rat-faced little stinker" himself appeared, hat on head and light overcoat thrown over his arm.
"That fellow's a stinker," Wick decided, never to change his mind.
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