slang. Obs. Also -ubus. [f. STINK sb. + -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 coastguardsmen as ‘stinkibus.’
