hoiden
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hoidenish adjective
- hoidenishness noun
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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.
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
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
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