hoyden

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Some women spoke sharply of "Hoyden Royden"; others, baffled by her direct and vigorous speech, took refuge in expressions of fluffy indignation.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I told her cousin Maud, though I am not yet quite a Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, she is a very finished Miss Hoyden.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Loblolly Boy was by Rowdy out of Hoyden, and his pedigree mounts up to Sallycomeup, Kissmequick, and Curate on Toast, whilst in the collateral line he can claim kinship with Artaxerxes and Devil's Dustpan.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 by Various

Bessie, quite unconscious, reined in Miss Hoyden under the shadow of a spreading tree to wait while the doctor paid his visit in-doors.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]

Hoyden, Hoiden, hoi′den, n. a tomboy, a romp.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various