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

“He remains the immature mischief-maker, a well-meaning dad with the instincts of a reckless kid,” Mr. Zinoman writes.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 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

Eris had long been the most powerful mischief-maker in Epic Mafia.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2016

Get ye gone, then, old mischief-maker," answered Brown; "get ye gone, and the sooner your back is turned upon us the better.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)