hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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The rough farmer in hodden gray had disappeared, and in his place stood a stalwart and handsome young gentleman in green slashed doublet and hosen of soft cream cloth.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
The burial service was read over him and then Prince Henry, clothed in a cloak of hodden gray, and carrying a beggar's wallet, was thrust from the door of the church into perpetual banishment.
From The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose by Doris Hayman
These Quakers would have the world go in hodden gray, and clumsy shoes and stockings.
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Mungo was finished with the coat; he held it out at arm's length, admiring its plenitude of lace, and finally put off his own hodden garment that he might try on the Chamberlain's.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
A shawl of hodden grey covered her head and shoulders, and from beneath it she produced a small basket and held it up.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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