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
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
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
The vice Haphazard is a clown and mischief-maker; and, in addition, a number of personified abstractions, Conscience, Justice, Comfort, Doctrina, etc., indicate the close relation of the play to the moralities.
From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
