"stinker-upper" meaning in All languages combined

See stinker-upper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: stinker-uppers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stinker-upper (plural stinker-uppers)
  1. (informal, derogatory) Someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-stinker-upper-en-noun-iXxYb~Nk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009, Darleen Bailey Beard, Heather Maione, Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover:",
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          "ref": "2015 August 24, Jimmy Thomson, “The Seaweed Subsidy”, in Hakai Institute: Science on the Coastal Margin:",
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        "(informal, derogatory) Someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad."
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          "text": "Poor Bo-Bo, stuck in there with those three bedroom stinker-uppers!",
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