stinkaroo

American

[sting-kuh-roo, sting-kuh-roo] / ˌstɪŋ kəˈru, ˈstɪŋ kəˌru /

Or stinkeroo

noun

Slang.

PLURAL

stinkaroos

something markedly inferior in quality.

a stinkaroo of a motion picture.

Etymology

Origin of stinkaroo

stink(er) + -aroo, spelling variant of -eroo

Example Sentences

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Two so far this year and one of those was a stinkaroo.

From New York Times

His cigars give him a convenient yardstick: a one-cigar script is apt to be terrific, a two-or three-cigar script fair, a four-cigar script a stinkaroo.

From Time Magazine Archive

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