hoiden
Example Sentences
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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
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
Miss Hastings had been prepared to see a hoiden, an awkward, unfledged schoolgirl, one who, never having seen much of good society, had none of the little graces and charms that distinguish young ladies.
From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Charlotte M. Brame