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Stinker

noun
1.
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.  Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinkpot.  "Kill the rat" , "Throw the bum out" , "You cowardly little pukes!" , "The British call a contemptible person a 'git'"
2.
Anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar).
3.
An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.  Synonym: lemon.





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"Stinker" Quotes from Famous Books



... on punishments is to eliminate the frictions which are the cause of most transgressions. When a ship is happy, men do their duty. Scarcely anything will cross them up more quickly than to see rewards given with an uneven hand. Even the stinker who has no ambition but to duck work can recognize a deserving man, and will burn if that man is bypassed in favor of a bootlicker ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


Words linked to "Stinker" :   thing, artifact, colloquialism, artefact, unpleasant person, stink, disagreeable person


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