bad-john
/ˈbaddʒɒn/Caribbean (originally Trinidad )
noun
A ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Port of Spain Gazette. From bad + John, probably originally after Bad John, alias of John Archer, a notorious habitual criminal in Trinidad in the early 20th cent. Compare.
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