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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a stinker of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is very bad or disappointing, often in a humorous or informal context.
Example: "That was a stinker of a movie; I can't believe I wasted two hours on it."
Alternatives: "a disaster of a" or "a dud of a".
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Even as the industry leader in sales incentives -- 24 percent off the already routinely ignored sticker price -- Cobalt sales fell 53 percent through November 2010 from the period a year earlier (which was also a stinker of a sales year).
Murray then produces a stinker of a forehand into the net to make it 0-30.
As Mish puts it plainly: " Presumptive is a stinker of a word".
To be fair, it was a stinker of a draw for Kvitova, a real banana skin.
"It's a stinker of a district," Elizabeth Spinzia, the Rhinebeck town supervisor, told me.
"But I also don't want to get myself so amped up that I play a stinker of a match.
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Yet however confidently it is presented, however many background briefings it comes cushioned in, reprivatising RBS is a stinker of an idea.
Thorpe played one sumptuous drive through midwicket for four off Javagal Srinath, but then received a stinker of an lbw decision (the ball was going down the legside) from Pakistani umpire Javed Akhtar off the same bowler.
I'm very excited for Brian, but I don't want him to lay back, the way he's been doing with the oldies.' The problem was that 15 Big Ones was a stinker of an album.
Aptar Group put out a stinker of an outlook Friday.
November had been a complete stinker of a month.
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