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stank
[ stangk ]
stank
1/ ²õ³Ùæŋ°ì /
verb
- a past tense of stink
stank
2/ ²õ³Ùæŋ°ì /
noun
- a small cofferdam, esp one of timber made watertight with clay
- dialect.a pond or pool
verb
- tr to make (a stream, cofferdam, etc) watertight, esp with clay
stank
3/ ²õ³Ùæŋ°ì /
noun
- a drain, as in a roadway
- a draining board adjacent to a sink unit
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of stank1
C13: from Old French estanc , probably from estancher to stanch
Origin of stank2
special use of stank ² (in the sense: pool, pond)
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The whole thing stank of “you can’t make this up,†because of course it was all completely made up of lies and exaggerations and the grand Trumpian tradition of me me me me me.
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He visited Los Angeles in 1926 and declared that “the whole place stank of orange blossoms.â€
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And if the pitch stank, Borzello wouldn’t be afraid to say so.
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The rules stank, but the rules were the rules, and everyone knew them, and Bush allegedly broke them, and no shiny trophy is going to change that.
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He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.
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