noun
Meaning 1
A place where skunks are raised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
skunkery
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noun
Meaning 2
A place, activity, or institution occupied or instituted by despicable or skunkish people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 1983, John Masefield, Audrey Napier-Smith, Letters to Reyna, London : Buchan & Enright I felt that he had been murdered by the skunks in one of the skunkeries called ministries: & as I began to read for this, someone did a book on the theme [...]
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noun
Meaning 3
skunkish behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A bad smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology
From skunk + -ery.