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One who stinks.
- Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.
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A contemptible person or thing.slang
- "Stop squallin', you little stinker!" She struck the child with her open hand across the face.
- "But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have a room of your own and I shall have to share a bedroom with that record stinker, Eustace."
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Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).slang
- Today's crossword is a stinker.
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Something of poor quality.UKslang
- Steven Pinker, Rational Thinker: His new book is a stinker. [title]
- Now it’s over, let’s come out and say it: The Rings of Power was a stinker [title]
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Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
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A chemist.slang
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A hot day.Australiaslang
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A black eye.Australiaslang
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A western grey kangaroo.Australiainformal
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A giant petrel.colloquial
syn. stinkard