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stinker-upper

stinker-upper noun: someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad.

Noun

stinker-upper (plural stinker-uppers)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad.
    • So I'd put that lovely stinker-upper in the garbage pail .1956, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Rings Around Us, page 204
    • Poor Bo-Bo, stuck in there with those three bedroom stinker-uppers!2009, Darleen Bailey Beard, Heather Maione, Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

Forms of stinker-upper

pluralstinker-uppers

Questions about stinker-upper

What does stinker-upper mean?
Stinker-upper means someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad.
What part of speech is stinker-upper?
Stinker-upper is a noun.
What is the plural of stinker-upper?
The plural of stinker-upper is stinker-uppers.

Words near stinker-upper in the dictionary

  1. stinkcat
  2. stinkcats
  3. stinkdamp
  4. stinked
  5. stinker
  6. stinker-upper
  7. stinker-uppers
  8. stinkerdom
  9. stinkeroo
  10. stinkeroos
  11. stinkers

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