hoiden

Example Sentences

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It was not so long since the princess had been a hoiden among them, abounding in the life which rushes to extravagant action.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Little Madge is a friend of Nelly's,—a mischievous, blue-eyed hoiden.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant

I cannot recollect without indignation, the jokes and hoiden tricks, which knots of young women indulged themselves in, when in my youth accident threw me, an awkward rustic, in their way.

From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary

Again and again, to the brass blare of some hoiden tune, she set the words of the lyric that "she liked the feel of," and she danced on and on.

From Friendship Village by Gale, Zona

A light-hearted, sportive girl, with an incontinent overflow of spirits, is condemned as a hoiden.

From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Titcomb, Timothy