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Peck's Bad Boy

noun

1.

the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).

2.

Usually, Peck's bad boy.

a.

any mischievous boy.

b.

a recalcitrant person or organization.

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Peck's bad boy

"unruly or mischievous child," 1883, from fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916).

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