badman
Americannoun
plural
badmennoun
Etymology
Origin of badman
Example Sentences
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Deacon is entertaining as a wannabe "badman" and the soundtrack is solid.
From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2011
If the Congregational college's endowment vanished with the Missouri badman, it did not weigh heavily in his saddlebags; at any rate, Carleton�named first for the town of Northfield, later renamed for Boston Benefactor William Carleton�survived.
From Time Magazine Archive
It ends in a crescendo of sentimentality when Thomas Meighan, the lawyer for many a badman of the underworld, reforms and, as crusader, discovers that his sweetheart's father is the biggest gun among the gunmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
John Dillinger, most famed modern badman, beat a rap twelve years after he was shot dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
His feet were flipping and he yipped as if challenging some wolf badman in his dreams.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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