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stinker

stinker

1. present tense of stinka

stinker (plural stinkers)

1. A person who stinks.
2. (slang) A contemptible person.
   • I wont date Mary Jane again. I thought she was a stinker to leave before the end of the movie.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter II:

     Never be a stinker, because if you are, though you may flourish for a time like a green bay tree, sooner or later retribution will overtake you.

3. (slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
   • Todays crossword is a stinker.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V:

     I number several authors among my aquaintance [...] and they invariably become all of a doodah when they read a stinker in the press about their latest effort.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:

     I sat there seething with fury. And after I had seethed for a bit I rose from my chair, took pen in hand and wrote Bobbie a stinker. [...] I accused her in set terms of giving me the heave-ho in order that she could mercenarily marry a richer man. I called her a carrot-topped Jezebel whom I was thankful to have got out of my hair. I... Oh, I cant remember what else I said but, as I say, it was a stinker.

4. (slang) Something of poor quality.
   • The film was a stinker. I wish I hadnt gone to see it.
5. Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.

Definizione dizionario stinker

canaglia

carogna

cialtrone

farabutto

puzzone

stronzo

Altri significati:

(slang) Something of poor quality.

(slang) A contemptible person.

(slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).

A person who stinks.