stinkibus, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stinkibus n.

also stinkabus

[SE stink; note smugglers’ use, a case of liquor that has been left under the water so long as to be undrinkable]

bad beer or liquor, esp. when adulterated.

1707		N. Ward Wooden World Dissected 99: He shall gulp ye down the rankest Stinkibus with as good a Gusto, as a Teague does Usquebaugh.
1832		Ely’s Hawk & Buzzard (NY) Sept. 8 n.p.: The [‘grogshop’] stock consists principally of rat gut [sic], stinkabus and old Irish whiskey.