[Pers. and Urdū, f. Pers. bad evil + Arab. ma’āsh means of livelihood.] One following evil courses; a ‘bad character,’ rascal.
1843. in Skipwith, Magistr. Guide (Calcutta), 17.
1866. Sir T. Seaton, Cadet to Col., II. 66. Only the ‘Badmashes’ are flogged.
1870. Kaye, Hist. Sepoy War, II. v. 294. A rising of the ‘Budmashes’ of the city.
