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hellion

[hel-yuhn] / ˈhɛl jən /


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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

My younger kid, Dan, was a bit of a hellion, who, classically, Resisted Authority.

From Washington Post Mar. 18, 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

And a bit of a hellion, she might have added.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2015

No doubt she was scolding my little hellion.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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