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firestink

noun

Etymology

From fire + stink.

  1. inherited from *stengʷ-✻
  2. inherited from *stinkwaną✻
  3. inherited from stincan
  4. inherited from stynken
  5. compounded as firestink — “fire + stink”

Definitions

  1. The stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.

The neighborhood

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