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hoydenish

ADJECTIVE
  1. used of girls; wild and boisterous

How To Use hoydenish In A Sentence

  • She has her matchmaking work cut out for her when she encounters the pretty but hoydenish Lady Deborah Western.
  • If her mother had been alive, she'd likely have earned a scolding for such hoydenish behavior, but her mother had died too long ago for her to remember clearly, her father scarcely seemed to notice what she did, and she had only herself to please. Phoenix And Ashes
  • Her manner was boyish, hoydenish at times, and although convent-trained, she was inclined to balk at restraint in any form. The Financier
  • When exactly had the hoydenish young girl he used to tease turned into such a beauty?
  • My dear Ida, I wish to encourage no young lady of the hoydenish age of thirteen, in despising nice dressing and pretty looks and manners; or in neglecting to pick up any little hints which she may glean in such things from older friends. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
  • “We want you to be a lady,—a lady above reproach,” he wrote to her, “—a lady always…never hoydenish…”35 Mark Twain
  • But Sharp berated Neal over the perceived inaccuracies of their "hoydenish", boisterous dancing, while she in turn accused him of pedantry. Cecil Sharp and the Morris Men
  • Her principal charm was a laughing, hoydenish countenance and roguish eyes. The Titan
  • Fitzpiers recognized her as Suke Damson, a hoydenish damsel of the hamlet, who was plainly mistaking him for her lover. The Woodlanders
  • Few knew that this wild, hoydenish, half-mad humour, was only superinduced over her real character, for the purpose of — getting well married. Saint Ronan's Well
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