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Trouble small enough to grin at, big enough to need explaining later.
means Playful, often harmless misbehavior that causes minor annoyance or low-stakes chaos.
from From Old French meschief, misfortune or calamity, fusing mes- (badly) with chever (to come to a head) — once disaster, now mostly a knowing wink.
Plural twistMischiefs once meant grave harms, not pranks.
Devious crewA group of rats is called a mischief.
Legal echoMischief still names property damage in some statutes.