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mischiefmaker

mischiefmaker is the alternative form of mischief-maker.

Meaning of mischief-maker

Noun

mischief-maker (plural mischief-makers)

  1. 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

Forms of mischiefmaker

pluralmischiefmakers

Questions about mischiefmaker

What is mischiefmaker the alternative form of?
Mischiefmaker is the alternative form of mischief-maker.

Words near mischiefmaker in the dictionary

  1. mischiefed
  2. mischiefes
  3. mischiefful
  4. mischiefing
  5. mischiefless
  6. mischiefmaker
  7. mischiefmakers
  8. mischiefmaking
  9. mischiefs
  10. mischieve
  11. mischieved

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