hoiden

Example Sentences

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Well, I suppose I must endure that also; an aristocratic lecture on the one hand, and the uncouth affections of a hoiden on the other.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

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.

A light-hearted, sportive girl, with an incontinent overflow of spirits, is condemned as a hoiden.

From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Titcomb, Timothy

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

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