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  • noun The state or quality of being baddish.

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Examples

  • The sketch was full of shrewd guesses, and she made it amusing to her brother, who from the vantage of his own baddishness no doubt judged the original more intelligently.

    The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

  • The sketch was full of shrewd guesses, and she made it amusing to her brother, who from the vantage of his own baddishness no doubt judged the original more intelligently.

    The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • However, he determined to put the best face on matters, and was beginning a conversation about the state of the weather, the baddishness of the crops and the price of goats in that part of the country, when he heard a violent screaming.

    Tales of a Traveller 1824

  • However, he determined to put the best face on matters, and was beginning a conversation about the state of the weather, the baddishness of the crops, and the price of goats in that part of the country, when he heard a violent screaming.

    Tales of a Traveller Washington Irving 1821

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