badman
Americannoun
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badmen
plural
noun
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Origin of badman
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Deacon is entertaining as a wannabe "badman" and the soundtrack is solid.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2011
A John Wayne western used to be as rigidly formalized as a Japanese No drama: sheriff v. badman, farmer v. cowman and all that.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus another U.S. badman was sentimentally memorialized last week in a ballad freshly recorded for the jukebox trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in Comeback, the irredeemable badman Parker returns, tougher than ever.
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
In the newly rich country of Bolivia, they attempted to recapture the past by becoming badmen again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir: The debunking of Western badmen in your March 30 issue included too many errors to be ignored.
From Time Magazine Archive
Following orders, he turns off on a side road where two other badmen join forces with the first.
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
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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