hoiden

Example Sentences

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Talking never mended matters; Jack was at the hoiden age, and had to grow into tidiness and womanhood by-and-by.

From Esther : a book for girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Miss Hastings had been prepared to see a hoiden, an awkward, unfledged schoolgirl, one who, never having seen much of good society, had none of the little graces and charms that distinguish young ladies.

From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Brame, Charlotte M.

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

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

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