stinker
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5.7
Something that smells very strong and unpleasant, like a cheap cigar
- noun
- /ˈstɪŋkər/
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apestoso
- Competition is fierce at the top end of the Bond theme chart, but there's a collection of stinkers at the bottom.
- a little stinker
Examples
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PEE-YOO, that one sure was a stinker!
Blog text (29) -
A stinker?
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Can you take this little stinker?
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My stinker is slightly burning.
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"Throw out the stinker!" Sonya yelled.
Fiction book (1995) -
Here's the stinker.
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The stinkers.
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In the Sonora Desert, creosote is called hediondilla, which means "little stinker."
Blog text (22) -
Those last were nicknamed woolly bears or teddy bears for their appearance and stinkers for the smell they gave off when damp.
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That cheap cigar was a real stinker, leaving a terrible smell in the room.
Synonyms
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8.1
A thing that is very bad or unpleasant
is specific to things that have a strong unpleasant smell rather than general badness
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Etymology
Stinker comes from stink 'bad smell' plus -er 'one that', so it originally named things that smell very bad. That's why we still use 'stinker' for something with a strong, unpleasant smell, like a cheap cigar or a pile of trash.