stinkers

Noun

stinker (plural stinkers)

1. One who stinks.
   • Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.
2. (slang) A contemptible person or thing.
   • "Stop squallin', you little stinker!" She struck the child with her open hand across the face.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

   Synonyms:

   creep, rotter, scoundrel, stinkard

3. (slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
   • Today's crossword is a stinker.

   Synonyms:

   hatchet job, nastygram

4. (UK, slang) Something of poor quality.
   • The barely-released stinker Dark Tide continues Stockwell’s fetishistic pattern, coming alive whenever it’s paddling among the sharks off the South African coast and settling in for a long snooze once it gets back on the boat or reaches dry land.2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, “Dark Tide”, in AV Club

   Synonyms:

   clunker

5. Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
6. (slang) A chemist.

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