† stinkibusn.
slang. Obsolete.
Bad liquor, esp. adulterated spirits.
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1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 99 He shall gulp ye down the rankest Stinkibus with as good a Gusto, as a Teague does Usquebaugh.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 239 Let 'em have plenty of blankets, and stinkubus, and wampum.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. 276 Such deteriorated spirits were known amongst the coast~guardsmen as ‘stinkibus.’
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