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Holy terror

Parf of speech: Expression, OED Year: 1883, OED Evaluation: N/A

a person of exasperating habits or manners

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Oh none of them were holy terrors, but they- they were good. I-mean Jimmy-Trumbull now he was the one- he was suppose- he wasn't a swimmer, like we- they had a raft, and I was out the raft and ah the other two were in watching the kids in shore, and Jimmy just started swimming out to the raft.
A troublesome child
Speaker: Lora Schiper, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 80, Interview: 2007, Belleville
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