"skunky" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "skunk + -y; skunks are known for their unpleasant odor. For the beer sense, compare skunk (“to go bad”).",
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        "Having an unpleasant odor."
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          "text": "Sure enough, he had the skunky odor of marijuana.",
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        "Having a smell of skunk (a type of marijuana)."
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          "text": "One American brewer with trademark clear bottles developed a modified hop extract that’s free of the vulnerable hop acid, and this prevents its beer from going skunky.",
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        "Spoiled, bad."
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        "(of beer) Spoiled, bad."
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