hellion
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His pharmacist father became the reformist mayor of Santiago, and the youthful Desi — born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha in 1917 — a bit of a hellion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Nimona is a shape-shifter, a monster, a misunderstood hellion with a heart of gold.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
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 ● Nov. 27, 2021
I am a swamp hellion managing my barking desires.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2018
Only that she was, in her words: a hellion, who was shuttled from one unhappy foster situation to another.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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