hoiden

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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

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

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

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