Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rowdy, troublesome, or unruly person.
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- noun Alternative form of
hellraiser .
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Examples
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The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry.
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The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry.
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The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry.
www.startribune.com 2012
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The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry.
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The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry.
News - chicagotribune.com ROBER 2012
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The Oscars paid tribute to Hollywood hell-raiser Dennis Hopper, belatedly welcoming him back like the prodigal son as part of its annual salute to the recently deceased.
In memoriam: Academy pays tribute to Dennis Hopper at Oscars 2011
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Richard BurtonThe 1950s hell-raiser made his name on the stage back in the UK before stars including Humphrey Bogart helped him get his break in the movies.
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But he was more of a hell-raiser: "The first time you are arrested it is for assaulting a police officer."
The Gift of Self-Forgetfulness Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011
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Compare that with Jonathan Ross's final programme in July; he had a Hollywood hell-raiser, a martial arts legend, and the most famous sports person in the world.
The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa Sam Wollaston 2010
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These are not the hell-raiser kind of shoes one might expect from a one-time literary brat-packer, the man who, after the publication of his debut novel, Less Than Zero, at the age of 21, was touted as the enfant terrible of American literature.
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