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

Whitfield, who is biracial and grew up in the Midwest, is a one-liner machine and mischief-maker who giddily raided Lyons’ closet in the premiere episode.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

Surrealist mischief-maker Luis Buñuel gives no answers or explanations.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2020

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

Then the curiously marked one, with the crooked stripes on her wings, is a mischief-maker and never lets any one have the last word, though she is always in the wrong.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)