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What does hellraiser mean?

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Noun
  1. A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior.
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Hunter S. Thompson was a consummate hellraiser and we loved him for it.
Last year, Waylon Jennings, former hellraiser and founder of the 70s country outlaw movement, took him aside for a quiet word about his recreational habits.
Yet another chapter has been opened in the life of Pete Townshend, whose past as a hellraiser has seen him struggle with addiction to drink and drugs.
His obituaries rightly said a hole has been left in the Commons, that he was a first-class hellraiser and an incomparable character.
The grizzled hellraiser wants a share of the merchandising profits instead of a flat fee, presumably to spend on more booze.
One minute you're the ultimate rock 'n'roll hellraiser, the next you're a garden gnome.

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