hoiden
Example Sentences
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May was a promising girl, "almost a hoiden," the neighbors said.
From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll
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 Rosa Nouchette Carey
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 Madison J. Cawein
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 Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Her curls, with their romp and fun, Were hoiden as wind and sun.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
