Definition
A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times.
In Context
- ""Felix Marchand'll have much money—bad penny as he is," continued Christine in her normal voice."
- "Pierce remembered Hilda's prophecy that her indigent husband would turn up, like a bad penny."
- "But as the perennial bad penny of British political life, he keeps turning up at embarrassing moments."