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hellion
[ hel-yuhn ]
noun
- a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
hellion
/ ˈhɛljən /
noun
- informal.a rough or rowdy person, esp a child; troublemaker Also calledheller
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Origin of hellion1
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Example Sentences
As Entertainment Weekly reviewed, "Haley, full of spitting fury and loathing, makes [Rorschach] a gripping hellion."
She was some hellion, there on the top of the world, clawing and scratching tooth and nail—a regular she cat.
I've been sivinteen years living down a reputation as a hellion.
If it was anybody else I'd say it was crazy, but you're such a doggoned hellion of a go-getter mebbe you can put it over.
If these places you speak of call for a stubborn hellion, then you've got the right party.
If I cut loose and danced the way I like to, they'd think I was a perfect hellion—poor harmless me!
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