"stinkhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: stinkhouses [plural]
Etymology: stink + house Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stink|house}} stink + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} stinkhouse (plural stinkhouses)
  1. (slang, derogatory) Any offensively unclean building. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-stinkhouse-en-noun-3JkblNnT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "'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 called a hospital and who cannot work for himself.'",
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