hoydenish
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Slyly, she begins by underplaying the grand lady affectations; she’s a Dolly who might really have lived on the Lower East Side, who still has an accent and a coarse, hoydenish swagger.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017
She sketches in charming details of her early hoydenish exploits, followed by baby-ballerina days in Cincinnati.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the way he stops to pick up a hoydenish little mountain girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
During such passages, the women, looking hoydenish in ankle socks, are reminders of dissonance and jazz to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact the care-free, hoydenish girl seemed to have ripened into a strong-hearted, wholesome, healthful woman.
From Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason
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