hoiden

Example Sentences

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Her curls, with their romp and fun, Were hoiden as wind and sun.

From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

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

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

Well, I suppose I must endure that also; an aristocratic lecture on the one hand, and the uncouth affections of a hoiden on the other.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William