stinkard
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- stinkardly adverb
Etymology
Origin of stinkard
Example Sentences
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I do feel myself turn stinkard already: but I must set the best face I have upon't now.
From The Poetaster by Jonson, Ben
The case to which the visitor's attention is now directed, contains the varieties of the glutton family—the Chinese musk weasel; the European and North American badgers; the Javan stinkard, and the American skunks and conepats.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard
I guessed he was under some agitation of spirits and desired to know the cause; but, instead of answering me directly, he asked with great emotion, if I thought him a monster and a stinkard?
From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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