hoydenish

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Slyly, she begins by underplaying the grand lady affectations; she’s a Dolly who might really have lived on the Lower East Side, who still has an accent and a coarse, hoydenish swagger.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2017

Maidens revolt in every third novel these days but here is a maiden whose technique is neither kittenish nor hoydenish.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the way he stops to pick up a hoydenish little mountain girl.

From Time Magazine Archive

She sketches in charming details of her early hoydenish exploits, followed by baby-ballerina days in Cincinnati.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the main I agree with this definition; though I am inclined to think that the mara is, in reality, less hoydenish and more subtle and complex than public opinion would have us believe.

From Werwolves by O'Donnell, Elliott