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Definition of Hobbledehoy
1. Noun. An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy.
Definition of Hobbledehoy
1. n. A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
Definition of Hobbledehoy
1. Noun. An awkward adolescent boy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hobbledehoy
1. [n -HOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobbledehoy
Literary usage of Hobbledehoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"drum-thumping, cymbal-banging, and loud-voiced en treaties, at last a hobbledehoy
of fifteen, fishing out his tuppence from the depths of his corduroy ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"Now our idea of a girl of fourteen years of age is a sort of female hobbledehoy—it's
the only word that expresses it, and unfortunately hobbledehoy ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1871)
"Odious, exclaims De Quincey, is the hobbledehoy to the mature young man.
And Rousseau safely enough asserts, ... This particular ' hobbledehoy sought vainly ..."
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