| 单词 | to come a stinker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come a stinker c. to come a stinker = to come a cropper at cropper n.3 (chiefly in the work of P. G. Wodehouse). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal > severely or violently pitchc1325 throwc1325 stetec1330 pick1848 to come (also go) a mucker1904 to come a stinker1923 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 293 To come a stinker, ramasser une pelle. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 41 And then..the engagement went and busted itself up. One moment, it was buzzing along like a two-year-old... The next, it had come a stinker. a1975 P. G. Wodehouse Sunset at Blandings (1977) iii. 26 Lack of the stuff [sc. wealth] is always the rock on which the frail craft of love comes a stinker where Blandings is concerned. < as lemmas |
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