noun
(old-fashioned slang) a bad person
• Ant: ↑good egg
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• Hypernyms: ↑bad person
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noun slang : a worthless, untrustworthy person : malefactor, crook, troublemaker
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a person who is bad, dishonest, or unreliable; a good-for-nothing: a bad egg who had served several years in prison.
[1850-55, Amer.]
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bad egg,
Slang. a bad or worthless person.
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n. see egg I (sense 2)
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bad egg
informal + somewhat old-fashioned : someone who does bad things
He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group.
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Main Entry: ↑egg
Useful english dictionary. 2012.