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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Also, Stinking Lizaveta (after a character from the Brothers Karamazov)
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Yes, the mentally and somewhat physically handicapped character of Lizaveta in The Brothers Karamazov is referred to as "stinking Lizaveta."
Perhaps of note to some, Dostoyevsky had previously used the character name in Crime and Punishment. Alyona Ivanovna, the old woman pawnbroker, has a mentally challenged sister named Lizaveta that also suffers mortal blows from Raskolnikov during the robbery.