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prob·lem child

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  1. problem childnoun

    A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.

  2. problem childnoun

    Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.

Wikipedia

  1. Problem Child

    Problem Child is a single by The Damned, released 28 September 1977 by Stiff Records as a preview for the band's second album, Music for Pleasure. The tracks were produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, and were the first to be released featuring new member Lu Edmunds. The single again failed to chart in the official UK Top 75, though it did reach No. 27 on the NME chart, which used a different sample of record shops. The single was reissued in Stiff's Damned 4 Pack mail-order set. A CD version was issued in the Stiff Singles 1976-1977 box set by Castle Music in 2003. The single was also issued in Germany.

Wikidata

  1. Problem Child

    Problem Child is a 1990 American comedy film. It stars John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Michael Richards and Michael Oliver. The film was directed by Dennis Dugan. The film was the first of many produced by Robert Simonds.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of problem child in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of problem child in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of problem child in a Sentence

  1. Joe Schwieterman:

    Washington Metro has become a problem child ... of U.S. metro systems, what was once the pride (of the U.S. system) seems to be allowed to deteriorate to an embarrassing extent.

  2. Joe Schwieterman:

    Washington Metro has become a problem child ... of U.S. metro systems. What was once the pride (of the U.S. system) seems to be allowed to deteriorate to an embarrassing extent.


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