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Bad egg

//ˈbæd ɛɡ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue. British, US, idiomatic

    ""Dat's right!" piped up the newsboy who had brought the policeman. "I see him do de trick jest a minit ago!" "This is a plot against me!" fumed the swindler. "Dat feller is a bad egg!" went on the newsboy. "His name is Bill Butts. He's a slick one, he is. Hits de country jays strong, he does!""

  2. 2
    (old-fashioned slang) a bad person wordnet
  3. 3
    An egg that has gone bad; a rotten egg.

Etymology

An allusion to an egg that has gone bad or turned rotten.

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