badman
Americannoun
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badmen
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noun
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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
But in Comeback, the irredeemable badman Parker returns, tougher than ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
A male actor can fly a plane, fight a war, shoot a badman, pull off a sting, impersonate a big cheese in business or politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week this edition carried a story about one Rocco Maggio, badman.
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
It isn't uncommon to see ten of them sprawled out in front of the television set watching six-shooters roar as badmen bite the dust.
From Time Magazine Archive
All three badmen have sunny natures, warm hearts, clever hands, sleepless brains; all three are passionate believers in the robinhood of man.
From Time Magazine Archive
It tells the familiar old western yarn about the good guy v. the badmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has jumped up from a restaurant table to blaze away at imaginary badmen with an imaginary six-shooter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Picking up badmen is no more dangerous here than it would be in New York.
From Free Air by Sinclair Lewis
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