stinkhouse
stinkhouse noun: any offensively unclean building.
Noun
stinkhouse (plural stinkhouses)
- Any offensively unclean building.
- 'It is superb advice. I am happy with the thought of my friend. Because of this thought and the friendship I hold for him, let me offer fifteen hundred dollars. It is all the money I have in the world, plus some money entrusted to me by my friend who is with the sickness of women in the stink-house...1962, James Clavell, King Rat
- Was this place ever a tar-stained stinkhouse like the general's? No, I couldn't believe that any paint, no matter how many coats and how thick, could cover that stench. It seeps, becomes part of the building, redefines its fate.2011, David von Beck, Coal, page 101
Forms of stinkhouse
| plural | stinkhouses |
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Origin of stinkhouse
From stink + house.
Questions about stinkhouse
- What does stinkhouse mean?
- Stinkhouse means any offensively unclean building.
- What part of speech is stinkhouse?
- Stinkhouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of stinkhouse?
- The plural of stinkhouse is stinkhouses.
Words near stinkhouse in the dictionary
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