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stank
[ stangk ]
stank
1/ stæŋk /
noun
- a drain, as in a roadway
- a draining board adjacent to a sink unit
stank
3/ stæŋk /
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
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Example Sentences
They had simple wit and no fashion sense, and they often stank of cheap beer and cheaper cologne.
In 1429 he was one of the commissioners for the truce with Scotland which was concluded at Hawden Stank.
He smelt the Prince's breath, and swore that it stank of a surfeit of undigested Martellian verses.
It is no wonder that the Ecclesiastical Commission, which these men represented, soon stank in the nostrils of the English clergy.
I sent it to you by letter-post and received for it instead of thanks, stench (statt Dank Stank).
The name Laflin stank in the nostrils of an outraged people.
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