"stink like a polecat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: stinks like a polecat [present, singular, third-person], stinking like a polecat [participle, present], stank like a polecat [past], stunk like a polecat [participle, past]
Etymology: The European polecat ejects a foul-smelling secretion. Head templates: {{en-verb|stink<,,stank,stunk> like a polecat}} stink like a polecat (third-person singular simple present stinks like a polecat, present participle stinking like a polecat, simple past stank like a polecat, past participle stunk like a polecat)
  1. (simile) to have a bad smell, mostly referring to human body odor Related terms: stink like a mackerel Translations (Translations): stinken als een bunzing (Dutch), stinken wie ein Iltis (German)
    Sense id: en-stink_like_a_polecat-en-verb-Aug-spFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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