hellery

[< heller mischief-maker]

Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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mischief; trouble; wild behavior.

Quotations

1910

"He's got me guessin'; some hell'ry on [that] we ain't doped out yet."

1930

We don't have to bother what hellery they'll be into next till we get back home.

1965

For years . . . I have been craftily awaiting the chance to write a column about women's brassieres, just for the (wink! wink!) hellery of it.