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stinkhouses

stinkhouses is the plural of stinkhouse.

Meaning of stinkhouse

Noun

stinkhouse (plural stinkhouses)

  1. (derogatory, slang) 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

Questions about stinkhouses

What is stinkhouses the plural of?
Stinkhouses is the plural of stinkhouse.

Words near stinkhouses in the dictionary

  1. stinkhole
  2. stinkholes
  3. stinkhorn
  4. stinkhorns
  5. stinkhouse
  6. stinkhouses
  7. stinkier
  8. stinkies
  9. stinkiest
  10. stinkily
  11. stinkin'

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