hell-raiser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hell-raiser
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Fedrick could be a hell-raiser, Williams told him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
Lewis had been a hell-raiser since he was a youth, and he was no different as an adult.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
“For me, music is mind-altering,” said the 32-year-old pop hell-raiser Kesha.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2020
Shaun White, a goofy hell-raiser when America first fell for him, had been reduced to tears.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2018
If all he had been was a hell-raiser, Charlie Billingsley might have been in some trouble.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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