Peck's bad boy
Peck's bad boy noun: a mean-spirited young prankster.
Noun
Peck's bad boy (plural Peck's bad boys)
- A mean-spirited young prankster.
- I was not "a character" in any sense, could not have been the original of any sensational story from the best boy in Sunday school to a Peck's bad boy.1885, Horace Smith Fulkerson, Random Recollections of Early Days in Mississippi, page 80
- Bucky had a reputation around his Hughestown neighborhood, too, where the adults thought of Bucky as something of a Peck's bad boy.2011, Jack Smiles, Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball's Boy Wonder, page 7
Forms of Peck's bad boy
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Origin of Peck's bad boy
After Peck's Bad Boy, a character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
Questions about Peck's bad boy
- What does Peck's bad boy mean?
- Peck's bad boy means a mean-spirited young prankster.
- What part of speech is Peck's bad boy?
- Peck's bad boy is a noun.
- What is the plural of Peck's bad boy?
- The plural of Peck's bad boy is Peck's bad boys.
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