† ˈstinkibus slang. Obs.
Also -ubus.
[f. stink n. + -ibus Latin ending of dat. pl.; cf. circumbendibus, recumbentibus, muckibus.]
Bad liquor, esp. adulterated spirits.
| 1706 E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 99 He shall gulp ye down the rankest Stinkibus with as good a Gusto, as a Teague does Usquebaugh. 1771 Smollett Humph. Cl., 5 June, Let 'em have plenty of blankets, and stinkubus, and wampum. 1899 Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. 276 Such deteriorated spirits were known amongst the coast⁓guardsmen as ‘stinkibus.’ |