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Bad Axe
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English
Etymology
In Michigan, from a badly damaged axe found by a road survey team.
Proper noun
Bad Axe
en city/county seat co/Huron County s/Michigan c/USA.
en Genoa, Wisconsin, originally named after the Bad Axe River.