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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STINKER, n. Something intended to offend by the smell.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
2: anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
3: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1602 1. a. an offensive or contemptible person b. one that stinks c. something of very poor quality; also dud 2a <the movie is a stinker> 2. any of several large petrels that have an offensive odor 3. slang something extremely difficult <the examination was a real stinker>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that stinks. 2 sl. an objectionable person or thing. 3 sl. a a difficult task. b a letter etc. conveying strong disapproval.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stinker Stink"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, stinks. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stinkers) If you describe someone or something as a stinker, you mean that you think they are very unpleasant or bad. (INFORMAL) I think he's an absolute stinker to do that to her... N-COUNT [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

Havana, SOB, bastard, beast, belvedere, blackguard, blighter, bounder, box of cigars, bugger, bum, cad, cheroot, cigar, cigar box, cigar case, cigar cutter, cigarillo, colorado, corona, creep, cur, dastard, dog, fart, heel, hood, hooligan, humidor, jerk, knave, louse, meanie, mother, pill, polecat, rat, rogue, rope, rotten egg, rotter, scoundrel, scum, shit, shithead, shitheel, skunk, snake, sod, stink ball, stink bomb, stinkard, stinkpot, stogie, swine, trichinopoly, turd, villain, viper, wretch