bad-boy

bad-boy (plural bad-boys)

1. attributive form of bad boy
   • 2012, Jackie Collins, L.A. Connections, →ISBN:

     Cherie lasted exactly one week before being discovered by one of the customers – Howie Powers – the bad-boy son of a rich business executive.

   • 2013, Dennis Rodman, ‎Jack Isenhour, I Should Be Dead By Now: The Wild Life and Crazy Times of the NBA's Greatest Rebounder, →ISBN:

     While I had my crazy moments, mostly surrounding the breakup with my first wife and separation from daughter Alexis, I didn't really begin racking up my own bad-boy credentials until my first season with the San Antonio Spurs in 1993-94.

   • 2013, CJ Carmichael, Promise Me, Cowboy, →ISBN:

     As for Chelsea—was it really possible she was in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with that rich, bad-boy, oil magnate from California?

   bad-boy attitude

2. Alternative form of bad boy
   • 2015, Stephen Jarosek, Tyrants of Matriarchy, →ISBN:

     He wants to understand how proximity relates to women's preference for bad-boys who are not interested in monogamous relationships, and who nonetheless finish up with "more female attention than they can reasonably handle."

   • 2016, Curtis L Alcutt, Of the Dark, →ISBN:

     We then pull the boat out, close the door, and bust this bad-boy open!