bad lot

noun

slang
: a worthless, unreliable, immoral, or dishonest person : crook, troublemaker
decoyed by a thoroughly bad lot of a friend into helping him in a burglaryM. R. Ridley

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bad lot was in 1862

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“Bad lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20lot. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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