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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

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

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