stink like a polecat

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The European polecat ejects a foul-smelling secretion.

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stink like a polecat (third-person singular simple present stinks like a polecat, present participle stinking like a polecat, simple past stank like a polecat, past participle stunk like a polecat)

  1. (simile) to have a bad smell, mostly referring to human body odor

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