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Meaning of STINKER

Pronunciation:  'stingkur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (informal) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
  2. [n]  anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
  3. [n]  a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"
 
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 Synonyms: bum, crumb, lemon, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinkpot
 
 See Also: artefact, artifact, disagreeable person, thing, unpleasant person

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stink"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, stinks.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the several species of large
   antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and
   have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
 

 

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