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Meanings of pure devilment in English

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Usage of pure devilment in English
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They thought it was pure devilment and shouted even more.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
2
The boys, out of pure devilment, set fire to the leaves, and to-night the forest was illuminated.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
3
There is nothing that these fellows are not capable of; they seem to do mischief out of pure devilment.
By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic
4
All the bad part was done by other people: they did it out of pure devilment if you like.
Fanny's First Play
5
He recanted; he even wrote that he believed the whole business; and that he just said it for pure devilment.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
6
"They like to kill just for pure devilment, and when they can make it without risk, their choice of game is a white man."
Bloom of Cactus
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