bad penny



bad penny

a worthless person. Wally is a bad penny. Someday he'll end up in jail. My little brother is a real bad penny. Every time he shows up, he wants to borrow money.
See also: bad, penny

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SaturnSA-tərn (English)Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
ClausKLOWSGerman, Danish
Dione (2)dee-AHNEnglish
Felipefe-LEE-pe (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Aleksanderahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
Zuzana-Czech, Slovak