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stinker-uppers

stinker-uppers is the plural of stinker-upper.

Meaning of stinker-upper

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

Questions about stinker-uppers

What is stinker-uppers the plural of?
Stinker-uppers is the plural of stinker-upper.

Words near stinker-uppers in the dictionary

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

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