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hel⋅lion

  [hel-yuhn]
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–noun Informal.
a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; hell + -ion, as in scullion, rapscallion
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hel·lion   (hěl'yən)   
n.  A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person.

[Probably alteration (influenced by hell) of dialectal hallion, worthless person.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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hellion 
1846, Amer.Eng., alt. (by association with Hell) from Scot./northern England dial. hallion "worthless fellow, scamp" (1786), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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