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    BAD EGG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (old-fashioned slang) a bad personplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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)

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