Meaning of stinkhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

Any offensively unclean building.

derogatory, slang

Examples

“'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.'”

“Was this place⟳ ever a tar-stained stinkhouse like⟳ the general's? No, I couldn't believe⟳ that any paint⟳, no matter⟳ how many coats and how thick, could cover⟳ that stench. It seeps, becomes part of the building, redefines its fate.”

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