Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intoxicated; drunk.
- adjective Of poor or inferior quality.
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- adjective slang
drunk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So do a little digging, and see what else is on at the metroplex other than the big name stinko's.
0%. Ann Althouse 2007
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Milo started doing two shows a day—one in Europe, one in the U.S. The European show would be great, the other stinko.
The Multiplying Menace Amanda Marrone 2010
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In the immortal words of Archie Bunker: that's "stinko!"
Book of Blood Red Band Trailer: Clive Barker Can’t Catch A Break | /Film 2009
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It's stinko hot, as it often is in the East in July, and I have a zucchini as big as a fill in the blank in my garden, and far bigger than some.
Archive 2008-07-01 Tenured Radical 2008
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Copywriters took three-hour lunches and came back stinko.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Also, having guessed right on the techies, he guessed wrong by buying bonds, which have been stinko performers.
Caveat Emptor 2008
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The sloppy overweight hunk is either a very convincing actor – or, just maybe – he was stinko drunk!
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Copywriters took three-hour lunches and came back stinko.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The sloppy overweight hunk is either a very convincing actor – or, just maybe – he was stinko drunk!
David Hasselhoff…what’s hoff? Star unravels on radio talk show! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008
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Copywriters took three-hour lunches and came back stinko.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
dreisonstok commented on the word stinko
An English ale called "stingo" is shown in the OED as far back as 1635.
May 9, 2020
dreisonstok commented on the word stinko
It's spoken in the movie, "Key Largo."
May 9, 2020
alexz commented on the word stinko
It's also in the Stompin Tom Connors song Sudbury Saturday Night
"Da girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko,
And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night."
May 11, 2020