bad girl

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Noun

bad girl (plural bad girls)

  1. (slang) A female criminal.
  2. A woman whose rebellious nature makes her attractive.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad,‎ girl.
    • 1923 May 30, Edna St. Vincent Millay, “To Mrs. Cora B[uzelle] Millay”, in Allan Ross Macdougall, editor, Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, published 1952, →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter V (New York—The Orient—Steepletop: 1923–1925), page 174:
      Dearest Mother: I have been a bad girl not to write you, or send you any money, or send the book to Aunt Susie, or anything.

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