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stinkeroo

stinkeroo noun: something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality.

Noun

stinkeroo (plural stinkeroos)

  1. (informal) Something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality.
    • "Of course there are some bad ones," he said. "Some of the worst anywhere. Harlem's the capital of the negro world. In any half a million people of any race you'll get plenty of stinkeroos."1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 42

Forms of stinkeroo

pluralstinkeroos

Origin of stinkeroo

From stinker + -eroo.

Questions about stinkeroo

What does stinkeroo mean?
Stinkeroo means something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality.
What part of speech is stinkeroo?
Stinkeroo is a noun.
What is the plural of stinkeroo?
The plural of stinkeroo is stinkeroos.

Words near stinkeroo in the dictionary

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

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