badge

badge bunny

A woman who is exclusively or primarily attracted to those who wear a badge on the job, such as policemen or firemen. There is one woman who seems to appear whenever I am out on duty; I think she's a bit of a badge bunny.
See also: badge, bunny

lost-and-found badge

An identification tag worn by armed forces members on a chain around their necks. I kept my lost-and-found badge from the First Gulf War to remind me how tough life can really get. The bodies in the unmarked graves were buried with their lost-and-found badges, so military personnel were able to identify them and repatriate their remains home.
See also: badge

turn in (one's) badge

To stop working. I can't believe it's time to turn in my badge already—this internship just flew by! My father recently turned in his badge after 30 years at the same job.
See also: badge, turn

We don't need no stinkin' (something)!

Used humorously to emphasize that one absolutely does not need something. Popularized in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles as "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!," parodying a similar line in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the 1927 novel on which it's based. What do you want to go to college for? You don't need no stinkin' college degree! Just get a job as a mechanic like your old man here! A: "How can people deny something that is a scientific fact?" B: "Seriously! People are like, 'Science? We don't need no stinkin' science!'"
See also: need, no, we

wear (something) as a badge of honor

To consider something to be a point of pride, especially that which is typically considered negative. He's the kind of person who wears the "male chauvinist pig" label like some kind of badge of honor, so I try to have as little as possible to do with him. I don't take their social media attacks to heart. In fact, I wear it as a badge of honor—it means I'm riling them up, which I'm delighted about!
See also: badge, honor, of, wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lost-and-found badge

n. a military identification tag; a military dog tag. (From the Persian Gulf War.) My father still keeps his lost-and-found badge from the Korean War.
See also: badge
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • badge bunny
  • one-woman show
  • of easy virtue
  • repo woman
  • woman of means
  • a woman of few words
  • woman of many parts
  • a woman for all seasons
  • business girl
References in periodicals archive
Although more than 1,200 people faced legal action for Blue Badge misuse in 2017/18, 40 per cent of local authorities in England did not have a policy on prosecutions.
Blue blade parking scheme extended to cover people with 'invisible' disabilities; Permits will be issued to those suffering from conditions like dementia and anxiety disorders
Renfrewshire Council has distributed blue disabled parking badges to 9,213 people.
Drivers warned once again about misuse of blue badges
Being able to park closer to the destination is essential for badge holders and can mean the difference between going out or not."
Abuse of Blue Badge scheme sees a person in court each week
The badge can be displayed on any vehicle (including taxis and hired cars) in which the blue badge holder is travelling as either a driver or a passenger.
Blue Badges are not handed back; Amnesty targeted misuse
Aaron Ashmore, owner of Etch & Pin, said: "Lady Godiva is perhaps the Coventry icon most known around the world, so it only felt right that we recognise her importance to the city in one of our collectable pin badges."
Now Godiva stars on city pin badge
Jamie Stevenson, who designed a new badge for Ayr United, was given a replica shirt, some merchandise and no doubt enjoyed "the prestige of winning".
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Aaron said: "We were overwhelmed with the response tothe first badge, our initial stock sold out in one week, and hope the second badge proves just as popular."
New Etch & Pin badge celebrates Coventry's ring road; The pin badge is a fun way to honour the city's renowned ring road
Boxes of badges are sited at more than 7000 outlets throughout the UK with avid collectors keen to get hold of any new designs.
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Now these traditional badges are to be ditched in favour of vlogging, human rights, mixology and mindfulness in the biggest overhaul in Girlguiding history.
New Girl Guide badges revealed as traditional tasks are ditched in biggest revamp in its history; Traditional badges are to be consigned to the past, and replaced with 72 new ones on pursuits such as vlogging, human rights, mixology and mindfulness
Under caution the driver said that the blue badge was issued to a care home, initially claiming that they had dropped one of the residents there when they had parked the car.
Man fined [pounds sterling]1,000 for falsely using disabled blue badge in Ealing; A driver who falsely displayed a blue badge in Mattock Lane recently faced one of the most expensive shopping trips of his life
Northside ISD in San Antonio, Texas, has reached the point where teachers ask, "Do I get a badge for this?" when they sign up for tech-oriented PD sessions, says Dana Bickley, an academic technology coordinator at the district.
Badging breakthroughs: digital microcredentials show a bigger picture of students' and teachers' abilities
So, the system--which has 13 colleges, 39 campuses and 135,000 students--created a MOOC where students can earn a badge for learning math contextualized for manufacturing, says Provost William Tammone.
Badging breakthroughs: microcredentials awarded for in-demand skills give employers deeper detail about a student's abilities
BADGES bearing the Middlesbrough FC logo alongside a poppy are being sold online - but is any money going to the Poppy Appeal?
Cash from eBay poppy badges 'not for appeal'
Wraith Black Badge and Ghost Black Badge will be on familiar turf, with Goodwood House in sight of the Home of Rolls-Royce.
Rolls-Royce Celebrates 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed with a Dark and Edgy Presence