stinker
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.
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How to use stinker in a sentence
Pretty well by Russian standards—a free peasant was known as a smerd, meaning “stinker.”
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the stench of desperation from retailers, fearful that the vital Christmas holiday season will be a stinker.
Black Friday Comes Early as U.S. Retailers Panic Over Holiday Sales | Daniel Gross | November 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST[Laughs] KROLL: The “Tinker stinker” I like, in that it felt like a true labeling of something that happens.
‘The League’ Roundtable: The Cast Dishes on the Funniest Show You’re Not Watching | Marlow Stern | November 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy Lecter-like sense of smell tells me this gussied-up stinker has the whiff of “hit” all over it.
‘Hannibal’: Ken Tucker on His Lack of Appetite for NBC’s Serial-Killer Drama | Ken Tucker | April 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs 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.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempWith one accord stinker's suggestion was acclaimed, and the bomb was thrust into the glowing coals of Rumford's study fire.
The Lighter Side of School Life | Ian Haystinker had produced from his pocket a corked test-tube, tightly packed with some dark substance.
The Lighter Side of School Life | Ian HayAt that moment "the rat-faced little stinker" himself appeared, hat on head and light overcoat thrown over his arm.
Mrs. Bindle | Hebert Jenkins"That fellow's a stinker," Wick decided, never to change his mind.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
British Dictionary definitions for stinker
/ (ˈstɪŋkə) /
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
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