bad boy at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "bad boy":
booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible,
funmaker, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave,
little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief,
mischief-maker, pixie, practical joker, prankster, puck,
rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace,
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bad boy at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Etymology
Inter: rfe » lang=enNoun
Inter: en-noun » head=bad boy|year = 1949
|month = November-December
|title = Keep that pitch UP!
|first = Floyd E.
|last = Low
|magazine = The Instrumentalist
|publisher = Association for the Advancement of Instrumental Music
|volume = 4
|page = 38
|pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=eao5AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22bad+boy%22
|passage = Many school music teachers and directors are not primarily clarinetists and, knowing little of the subtle intricacies of this "bad boy" of instruments, can teach little more than the fingering.
|year = 1988
|journal = Writers Forum
|issue = 14-17
|publisher = University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ArZAAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22bad+boy%22
|passage = {{... he groaned as he twisted his arm over his head to follow the groove to the right wheel well, "if this bad boy connects right there, then it can't be a light."
}}
- Inter: quote-journal »
|date = 1992-11-16
|title = The POWERstation 220: Here today. More tomorrow. Advertisement
|journal = InfoWorld
|volume = 14
|number = 46
|page = 137
|pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=N1EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA137&dq=%22bad+boy%22
|passage = So isn't it time you took this bad boy for a test drive?
See also
* big boyTranslation: et » bad boy