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hell-raiser (n.)
1906 (to
raise hell
"create a ruckus" is from 1847, American English), from
hell
+ agent noun from
raise
(v.). Related:
Hell-raising
. Probably not from the U.S. political cry "Kansas should raise less corn and more hell" (1900).
