Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STINKER
lemon, stinker
(noun) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
stinker
(noun) anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
(noun) 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’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stinker (plural stinkers)
A person who stinks.
(slang) A contemptible person.
• I won't date Mary Jane again. I thought she was a stinker to leave before the end of the movie.
(slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
• Today's crossword is a stinker.
(slang) Something of poor quality.
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
(slang) A chemist.
(Australia, slang) A hot day.
Synonyms
• (a person who stinks): stinkard
• (a contemptible person): creep, rotter, scoundrel, stinkard
• (something difficult or unpleasant): hatchet job, nastygram
• (something of poor quality): clunker
Anagrams
• Inkster, Kinters, Kirsten, Kistner, Kristen, reknits, skinter, striken, tinkers
Source: Wiktionary
Stink"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, stinks.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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