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  • noun Plural form of hellion.

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Examples

  • Someday, Mom, we're going to back and see him, and I'm going to get you to the edge of that stage even if I have to elbow a thousand honky-tonkin 'hellions to get you there, and you too are going to shake his hand (and you too are going to smell his pungent B.O.).

    Willie, My Momma, and Me Slimbolala 2006

  • They were a volcanic abyss of unrestrained love with their hands every which way and you had to actually cross a damn street, vacate your brain, and say, "you two hellions are going to combust from all this torrid public defilement."

    Couple Busting Meg Tuite 2011

  • Jay Eveland arrived and found the Carter kids, who were known hellions, sitting as quietly as church mice on the sofa in the living room for no explainable reason.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • Jay Eveland arrived and found the Carter kids, who were known hellions, sitting as quietly as church mice on the sofa in the living room for no explainable reason.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • Fortunately, Buzzard and his hellions throw him into the street, amused by my dementia.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • Worse, Beckett says the good girls become the real hellions during this phase.

    Castle Episode Recap: "Under the Gun" 2010

  • Fortunately, Buzzard and his hellions throw him into the street, amused by my dementia.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • Like certain hellions who knew exactly how to turn a woman to pudding with a dark glance.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • Because angel-faced Tommy and Johnny were total hellions.

    The Opposite of Me SARAH PEKKANEN 2010

  • We had finally gotten about 90 minutes of straight sleep when the hellions in the tent across from ours woke up and decided that 6: 30 am was a good time to start screaming.

    Talk about Travel Flight Crew 2010

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