Baked nurse's cold, bad eggs (10)

I believe the answer is:

scoundrels

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'bad eggs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'baked nurse's cold' is the wordplay.
'baked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nurses'+'cold'='nursescold'
'nursescold' anagrammed gives 'SCOUNDRELS'.

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I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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