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Mischievousness |
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Mischievousness See also Joke, Practical. Ate goddess of evil and mischief. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 33; Kravitz, 39] mischievous ten-year-old beset by trivial troubles. [TV: “Leave It to Beaver” in Terrace, II, 18–19] devilish page. [Br. Lit.: Waverley] clever trickster. [Children’s Lit.: Uncle Remus] turn-of-the-century enfant terrible. [Comics: Horn, 145] apelike pygmies; tried to steal Hercules’ weapons. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 206] symbolizes naughtiness and chicanery. [Jewish Tradition: Jobes, 382] latter-day Buster Brown, complete with dog. [Comics: Horn, 201] elf king who works mischief on children. [Ger. Folk-lore: LLEI, I: 283] legendary peasant known for his pranks. [Ger. Folklore: Benét, 325–326] mischievous, sharp-witted boy has many adventures. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] kissed the girls and made them cry. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 185] (Allhallows Eve) youngsters play pranks on the neighbors. [Am. Folklore: Misc.] (Red Skelton) “the mean widdle kid.” [Radio: “The Red Skelton Show” in Buxton, 197] twin Teutonic terrors. [Comics: “The Captain and the Kids” in Horn, 156–157] archetypal juvenile delinquent leads Pinocchio astray. [Am. Cinema: Pinocchio in Disney Films, 32–37] scamps unite to terrorize adults. [Am. TV: Terrace, II, 31] misguided do-gooder. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 704] “handful of wit”; Armado’s “pretty knavish page.” [Br. Lit.: Love’s Labour’s Lost] Shrove Tuesday eve when boys play tricks. [Br. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 756]
group of children in comedy series: always into mischief. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 546; Am. TV: “The Little Rascals” in Terrace, II, 31] mischievous boy plays pranks on his father. [Am. Lit.: Peck’s Bad Boy, Hart, 642] always ransacking farmer MacGregor’s patch. [Children’s Lit.: The Tale of Peter Rabbit] prank-playing fairies; mislead travelers. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 328–330] wild shaggy colt that misled benighted travelers. [Br. Folklore: Briggs] knavish hobgoblin who plays pranks. [Br. Folklore & Lit.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream] scatterbrained gossoon; makes trouble without trying. [Irish Lit.: Handy Andy] hookey-playing, imaginative lad of St. Petersburg, Missouri. [Am. Lit.: Tom Sawyer] with his two friends, devises ingenious pranks that make life miserable for the masters of the school. [Br. Lit.: Kipling Stalky and Company] school-skipping delinquent of penny dreadful. [Br. Lit.: Charlie Wag, the Boy Burglar, Opie, 117] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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