peck's bad boy

noun

1. the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
2. Usually Peck’s bad boy.
   1. any mischievous boy.
   2. a recalcitrant person or organization.

“unruly or mischievous child,” 1883, from fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916).