English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Stink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An event in central London during summer 1858 in which hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated sewage present on the banks of the River Thames.

Word forms

Great Stink the Great Stink
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