smell of rotten eggs

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• rotten — rot|ten1 [ˈrɔtn US ˈra:tn] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: rotinn] 1.) badly decayed and no longer good to use ▪ the smell of rotten eggs ▪ Some of the wood was completely rotten. ▪ The apples went rotten very quickly. 2.) informal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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