as in monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
he's a little mischief who means no harm
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Noun
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Its cult-classic status among actual keyboard jockeys, code monkeys, and die-hard gamers was all but assured.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Because monkeys bang on typewriters and kingdoms fall.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Weapons seems to break such cycles, leaving no more devils hiding in basements or upstairs bedrooms playing with dolls or ribbons of hair.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Mischiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischiefs. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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