mischief-maker

Meanings

nounmischief-maker (plural mischief-makers)

A person who makes mischief.
He also revelled in controversy and was a great mischief-maker and stirrer-up of trouble[.]
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 90
Synonyms: agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger

nounA person who makes mischief.

nounsomeone who deliberately stirs up trouble

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