Peck's Bad Boy
Americannoun
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the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
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Usually Peck's bad boy.
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any mischievous boy.
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a recalcitrant person or organization.
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That "Peck's Bad Boy" essence he exudes, which produces an odd kind of likability, is not transferable.
From US News ● May 22, 2015
The building was later occupied by George W. Peck, author of Peck's Bad Boy and one-time Governor of Wisconsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his social outlook, Nigel recalls Peck's Bad Boy, while in some of his insights about adults, he might be a distant cousin of J.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
The famed prankish chronicle Peck's Bad Boy was written in 1883 by George W. Peck, in whose Milwaukee Sun the chronicles first appeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nicknames have already become common, and we have among us such worthies as Fat, Doc, Peck’s Bad Boy, Toney, Binkie, Shortie, Shrimp, Simp and Pop.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
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