stank bank

stank bank
 n.— «San Diego County is spending $250,000 to investigate whether kelp is responsible for high bacteria counts at a cove that surfers refer to as “stank bank.”» —“Record closures this summer at popular Santa Cruz surf spot” by Roger Sideman in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Sentinel (California) Sept. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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