stinker

[ sting-ker ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that stinks.

  2. Informal. a mean or despicable person; louse.

  1. Informal. something, especially some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.

  2. Informal. something difficult: a real stinker of a crossword puzzle.

  3. any device emitting an offensive odor, as a stink bomb or stinkpot.

  4. Dialect. any of several large petrels.

Origin of stinker

1
1600–10; 1920–25 for def. 2; stink + -er1

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How to use stinker in a sentence

  • Nothin', only you're a white-livered stinker, an' I'm jest a-spoilin' foh a fight with you-all.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • 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.

    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

stinker

/ (ˈstɪŋkə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that stinks

  2. slang a difficult or very unpleasant person or thing

  1. slang something of very poor quality

  2. informal any of several fulmars or related birds that feed on carrion

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