hellion
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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
Or is it just that Fox has become tired of scampering around like some overage-underage hellion?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2015
Nene was a 4-year-old Brazilian hellion often being told no-no, “probably causing trouble with other kids in day care.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2014
No doubt she was scolding my little hellion.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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