mischief-maker
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
The movie shares its central gimmick with Wells’ book, but little else, since Whannell’s Invisible Man directs all of his attention toward one person in particular, while Wells’ is more of a general mischief-maker.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2020
It's like the third-grader who knows that the teacher's gonna yell at them — the mischief-maker?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2017
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
The Mem-Sahib has written that he was a great mischief-maker.
From The Sa'-Zada Tales by Fraser, William Alexander
