badman
noun
a bandit, outlaw, desperado, etc., especially in the early history of the western U.S.
badmen
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pluralof badman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk tangle in their debonair fashion with a character who claims to be the last of the West's badmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mercury is so short that badmen in the Southwest, aping the Atlanta copper capers, have in the last four months stolen an estimated $70,000 worth of mercury from unattended gas-well meters.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Southwest, famed for its tough badmen, a tough good man died last week.
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
