hoiden

Example Sentences

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May was a promising girl, "almost a hoiden," the neighbors said.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.

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

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

With redbud cheeks and bluet eyes, Big eyes, the homes of happiness, To meet me with the old surprise, Her hoiden hair all bonnetless.

From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.

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.