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1918 R. W. Imbrie Behind Wheel of War Ambulance ix. 115 New men were apt to be confused by the talk, for the Squad possessed a vocabulary and language all its own. Everything was either ‘good news’ or ‘bad news’ depending on how it struck the Squad.

1919 War Expenditures (U.S. Congr.) (1920) III. 4046 I have seen him make love to one of the girls up in the hotel—a girl who told him time and time again that he was ‘bad news’.

1956 S. Byrne Design for Headstone i. 22 Mark my words!—she's bad news.

1969 Pop. Mech. Sept. 26/2 Slicks get the best bite... They are very bad news in the rain, however.

1970 C. Collingwood Defector ii. 12 Charlie La Bomba was a character. Not always good news.

1973 ‘E. McBain’ Let's hear It v. 69 Bikies had begun drifting into the area, sporting their leather jackets and their swastikas... The bikies were bad news.

1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children 20 A landowner's daughter is good news indeed to a doctor with a career to make, even if she is ill.

1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. June 188/4 The trade reckons that Mondeo estates are very good news too, commanding up to $1,000 on top of hatchback prices.

2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xiii. 136 He wondered what was in store for him now. Those Biggs brothers were real bad news.