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bad man
noun
Older Use.
- (sometimes initial capital letters) the devil.
- the bogeyman.
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bad man1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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The court heard in evidence from the girl's friends that the boy thought he was "hard" or thought he was "some bad man".
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"I'm looking for the bad man who stole a lot of money from people in Russia," she said.
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What’s scary is not what Reed has in store for them, but how these young women already know how to placate and navigate a Bad Man, how to “politely wrap this up.”
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"He’s a bad man and his time has come. This is a present for everyone. Both Palestinians who are with us and the Jews."
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"He was a bad, bad man. He destroyed me, he destroyed my school," the former pupil said.
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