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stinker

[sting-ker]

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noun

a person or thing that stinks.
Informal.��a mean or despicable person; louse.
Informal.��something, especially some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.
Informal.��something difficult.
a real stinker of a crossword puzzle.
any device emitting an offensive odor, as a stink bomb or stinkpot.
Dialect.��any of several large petrels.

stinker

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noun

a person or thing that stinks
slang��a difficult or very unpleasant person or thing
slang��something of very poor quality
informal��any of several fulmars or related birds that feed on carrion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stinker¹

1600–10; 1920–25 stinker for def. 2; stink + -er ¹

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Yamamoto had his second-worst stinker as a Dodger, surpassed by only his fumble of the division series opener last season against the Padres.

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And yes, he helped write some serious stinkers.

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“I wouldn’t spend two more seconds thinking about what happened in that game,” Harbaugh said of Herbert’s four-interception stinker in a loss to the Houston Texas.

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There was a lot to process two days after that stinker of a home opener.

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Those went nowhere because the song was a stinker.

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stink bug stink eye

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