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bad eggs

bad eggs is the plural of bad egg.

Meaning of bad egg

Noun

bad egg (plural bad eggs)

  1. (UK, US, idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
    • "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!"1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
  2. (literal) An egg that has gone bad; a rotten egg.

Questions about bad eggs

What is bad eggs the plural of?
Bad eggs is the plural of bad egg.

Words near bad eggs in the dictionary

  1. bad debt
  2. bad debts
  3. Bad Driburg
  4. Bad Dürkheim
  5. bad egg
  6. bad eggs
  7. bad ending
  8. bad endings
  9. bad eye
  10. bad eyes
  11. bad facts make bad law

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