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stinker

[ sting-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that stinks.
  2. Informal. a mean or despicable person; louse.
  3. Informal. something, especially some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.
  4. Informal. something difficult:

    a real stinker of a crossword puzzle.

  5. any device emitting an offensive odor, as a stink bomb or stinkpot.
  6. Dialect. any of several large petrels.


stinker

/ ˈstɪŋkə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that stinks
  2. slang.
    a difficult or very unpleasant person or thing
  3. slang.
    something of very poor quality
  4. informal.
    any of several fulmars or related birds that feed on carrion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stinker1

1600–10; 1920–25 stinker fordef 2; stink + -er 1
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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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