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  • American Government tolerated this mischiefmaker until 1919, when it properly sent her, and others of her stripe, back to their own country.

    Theodore Roosevelt Edmund Lester Pearson 1908

  • "That ought to raise a nice rumpus," murmured the mischiefmaker, as he walked away.

    American Fairy Tales 1887

  • At the Toronto International Film Festival in September, the 49-year-old director did nothing to diminish his reputation as a mischiefmaker.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicl pinkletters@sfchronicle.com (Ruthe Stein 2011

  • He was orthodox in belief, correct in morals, insinuating in address, a hypocrite, a mischiefmaker and a coward.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • So she said to herself she’d frame a plan to fake a shine, the mischiefmaker, the like of it you niever heard.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Please remove from your lists, "the mischiefmaker has tweeted.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Steven Chase 2010

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