Definition of Hoydens

1. Noun. (plural of hoyden) ¹

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Definition of Hoydens

1. hoyden [v] - See also: hoyden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoydens

hox
hox gene
hox genes
hoxed
hoxes
hoxing
hoy
hoya
hoyas
hoyden
hoyden(a)
hoydened
hoydening
hoydenish
hoydenism
hoydens (current term)
hoyed
hoyin
hoying
hoyles
hoyman
hoymen
hoys
hp
hr
hr.
hrivna
hrivnas
hrmph
hrs

Literary usage of Hoydens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"... for her;' and in another part of the play the stage directions set forth that a ' posse of hoydens run on and romp about. ..."

2. The Spirit of Nature Study: A Book of Social Suggestion and Sympathy for All by Edward Fuller Bigelow (1907)
"Do not, if you please, misinterpret nor misunderstand me; do not decide that I want all girls to be hoydens, to be loud, and coarse, and unrefined; ..."

3. Our Old Actors by Henry Barton Baker (1881)
"Mrs. Jordan first conceived her idea of hoydens from seeing a Mrs. Brown, one of Tate Wilkinson's company, in those parts. When that lady afterwards ..."

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