hell-raiser


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hell-rais·er

(hĕl′rā′zər)
n.
A rowdy, troublesome, or unruly person.
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hell-raiser

n
someone who causes trouble
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hell′-rais`er



n.
a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner.
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Translations

hell-raiser

[ˈhelreɪzəʳ] N he has a reputation as a hell-raiser → tiene fama de montar siempre la bronca
he is a real hell-raiser → siempre monta la bronca → es un broncas
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hell-raiser

n (inf) → ausschweifender Mensch
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No one should eat themselves ill, either - Nigella Lawson There was a kind of romance that came out of being able to work while drunk - Martin Shaw, TV action man and former hell-raiser
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Uk ms Hollywood hell-raiser Lindsay Lohan managed to cross paths with wild-child singer Miley Cyrus over the weekend at a nightclub in New York.
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OLIVER Reed was definitely what is known as a 'man's man.' The legendary hell-raiser and world-class actor died a proper man's death too - suffering a heart attacK on the floor of a pub in Malta after drinKing three bottles of rum and arm-wrestling 18-year-old sailors.
Man's man: Oliver Reed
Memories of James Hunt: Anecdotes and Insights from Those Who Knew Him is not a standard biography, but rather an eclectic remembrance of World Champion driver, womanizer, hell-raiser, and jilted husband (one wife divorced him to be with Richard Burton ) James Hunt (1947-1993), whose life has become the subject of a new movie.
Memories of James Hunt
Audiences are invited to join the notorious hell-raiser as he knocks back a few drinks and shares his incredible life story.
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HELL-raiser Ozzy has been given the all-clear and can leave rehab.
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One-time hell-raiser Elton, 66, says he and partner David Furnish are now happy to centre their life around the boys, born to the same surrogate mother in the US - even bathing them backstage before his Vegas shows.
Kids fix it for Elton
If you remember the days when Rod the Mod was better known for being a gravel-throated hell-raiser than an all-round family entertainer, then the idea of him having his own prime-time Christmas special may strike you as a little bit odd.
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A widow pulled down my pants, held me upside down and rubbed an onion on my bum" Actor Benedict Cumberbatch on his most embarrassing moment "She was a macho, right-wing hell-raiser" Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell on Margaret Thatcher "I know she has had a new hairdo, a Gordon Brown smile and is saying lots of nice things about women, but her problem (apart from being married to the ghastly Balls) is that she has no real flair, is a swot, and dresses like a nun on holiday" Former Tory MP Jerry Hayes does not rate Yvette Cooper's chances of leading Labour
THEY SAID WHAT?
The 45-year-old star bragged he could outlast legendary hell-raiser like Frank Sinatra, Errol Flynn, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
I have out-partied Jagger, Richards, Flynn and Sinatra, says Charlie Sheen
Hell-raiser Roethlisberger has been voted the NFL's most hated player ahead of the gridiron spectacle before a sell-out 110,000 crowd at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
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