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BAD EGG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(old-fashioned slang) a bad person
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Hypernyms ("bad egg" is a kind of...):
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Antonym:
good egg ((old-fashioned slang) a good person)