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mischief-maker

[mis-chif-mey-ker] / ˈmɪs tʃɪfˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
troublemaker
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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

It’s hard to remember a time when Kanye West was a fresh-faced hip-hop mischief-maker with a heart fit to display on his sleeve.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

When the tired hunter stops, far from his lodge, to roast his meat, the little mischief-maker blows out his fire and fans the smoke into his eyes.

From Two Indian Children of Long Ago by Taylor, Frances




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