I am no mischief-maker; no, I never was such a thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Evil Guest] Reference
Yes, do not fail to give this mischief-maker my message. From Wordnik.com. [Poor Folk] Reference
"In that case the mischief-maker shall be brought to book.". From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
The greatest mischief-maker in the world today is the liar. From Wordnik.com. [The Jericho Road] Reference
Dost thou threaten me, mischief-maker, and insolent as thou art?. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
It's the 'mischief-maker' in the class that gets everyone detention. From Wordnik.com. [Another look at optimizations] Reference
This woman is Pandora, the mischief-maker among the Utopian shepherds. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
Jean-Jean is now well and back to being a heart-stealing mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: Jean-Jean's Survival: What is the Worth of a Haitian Child (Part I)] Reference
Every hacker and mischief-maker on the Internet knows default passwords. From Wordnik.com. [How To Buy & Sell just about Everything] Reference
"It is that mischief-maker, the wolverine, who has taken my bag," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
Of course, she looks a lot like my mischief-maker, so I may be prejudiced. From Wordnik.com. [How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie « Whatever] Reference
He says he'll soon get to the bottom of it, and find out the mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters]
In a quarrel a mischief-maker would be cursed and given over to the wrath of Faamalu. From Wordnik.com. [Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before] Reference
Another snapped his fingers, saying the man was not only a fool, but a mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
Scandinavian blue eyes bridged a fifty cent gap as they met those of the mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
The Ulster mischief-maker, Bricriu of the Poison-tongue, was also with the Connaught army. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
Vali the friend of Odd goes along with him to get satisfaction out of Uspak the mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Clark, ever the mischief-maker, clearly can't resist the idea of fooling around in the meantime. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Clark steps it up at Tate Modern] Reference
Griffith ventured to suggest that Francis was, nevertheless, an honest man, and no mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
It ends by their coming to us in a body to receive back the mischief-maker, by this time repentant. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
"Sick enough yourself, without nursing this mischief-maker who's the cause of all this bad business," said he. From Wordnik.com. [The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras] Reference
If the comic spirit is oftentimes the champion of the normal and conventional, it is as often the mischief-maker and rebel. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
The old girl seems to have been very careful, not to say downright skinflint mean and a bit of a mischief-maker into the bargain. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
His thoughtful air, however, as he stood absently drumming on the window-pane, showed that the mischief-maker had not spoken in vain. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War] Reference
The fragile connections among men, as easily broken as mended pottery, get illustration in the mischief-maker who loves to divide men. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
Swiftly it pierced the lips of the mischief-maker, and swiftly Brok sewed them together and broke off the thread at the end of the sewing. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Think of Cleopatra, the bewitching old mischief-maker; think of Ninon de. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
"She has the face of a mischief-maker," he shouted, "and her words are evil.". From Wordnik.com. [The Little Minister] Reference
The slanderer works secretly; this mischief-maker goes the plain way to work. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference
He called the Blue-jay, the mischief-maker of the woods, and told him what to do. From Wordnik.com. [Woodland Tales] Reference
Parenthesis, from his place on the floor, looked at the mischief-maker in disgust. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
It must be conceded that by this means he never failed to catch the guilty mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete] Reference
States and France; and Paul Buys was offended with him as a mischief-maker and an intriguer. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
"That blue-coated mischief-maker isn't such a bad fellow at heart, after all, is he?" said he. From Wordnik.com. [Lightfoot the Deer] Reference
I shall be involved in a world of trouble, and the reputation of a tattler and mischief-maker. From Wordnik.com. [Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures] Reference
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