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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Watching the local county board meeting on TV, I heard someone use the term “rebel raiser”. On the ‘Net, I found quite a few more examples, including:
You are an anti-establishment trouble making rebel raiser, who needs medication to quash your instincts.
autobiography
An agreement to pay a percentage on . claim for property destroyed by a rebel raiser
NY statutes and reports book
The rebel raiser that I am, I organized a water balloon drop on the frat boys next door.
book
It’s well known that bans for harsh language weren’t automated in any way (and therefore it may bring out the inner rebel-raiser in LoL players such as myself).
gamer discussion
“Rebel rouser” is in our Database, but this is the first time I’ve encountered the double-yolker “rebel raiser”. Its origins may lie partly in “Hell-raiser”.
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