¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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 ..."
Other Resources:
