hoyden

Example Sentences

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Ms. Peters is neither the hoyden type nor the winking type, at least not since her days as a self-parodying chorine.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018

It has the dignity of a hoyden who scorns the hypocrisy of petticoats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Underneath the hoyden there is a serious and remarkably mature young woman who knows exactly what she wants.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best and most engaging number in his show is a violin duet in which he plays Getting to Know You with a pig-tailed hoyden named Toni Marcus.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was still a hoyden girl of fourteen in spite of her womanly status.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith