hellion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hellion
1835–45, hell + -ion, as in scullion, rapscallion
Example Sentences
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In a 2009 interview with the Guardian, he described his younger self as “a total hellion” and said he was “very dysfunctional at school.”
From Los Angeles Times
Like a patient dad, McCarthy is trying to calm the little hellions, but it is unclear what he can do to make them happy.
From Seattle Times
“There could have been no more perfect beginning to L.Q. Jones’s career in the movies. The word that best sums up his overriding screen persona is hellion.”
From New York Times
“They literally raised three girls to be absolute hellions. And we didn’t know and I literally didn’t know that wasn’t possible.”
From New York Times
A little hellion, according to her own description, she was not adopted even after her picture and profile were featured as a child needing a forever home in The Seattle Times.
From Seattle Times
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