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MISCHIEF

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 577 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MISCHIEF , a See also:

term meaning originally calamity, trouble; now used particularly of annoying injuries or damage done in See also:play or through See also:petty spite. The word is derived through O. Fr. meschef, mod. racket, from meschever, to do wrong, See also:mes-, amiss, and chever, bring to a See also:head (chef, See also:Lat. caput).

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