mischief-maker
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of mischief-maker
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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Henry Arundell, a 20-year-old fresher in the side, had been chief mischief-maker by scoring five of 11 tries in a 71-0 win.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023
In the staid world of academic Yiddishists, Eddy Portnoy is a live wire, a funny guy, a mischief-maker, what they used to call in the Catskills, a tummler.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017
Her Dame Judi Dench is a kleptomaniac mischief-maker, clogging toilets in five-star hotels just because as a “national treasure,” she can get away with it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2016
Eris had long been the most powerful mischief-maker in Epic Mafia.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2016
Then the curiously marked one, with the crooked stripes on her wings, is a mischief-maker and never lets any one have the last word, though she is always in the wrong.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
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