hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Vashti had discarded her cloak of furs, and faced him now in such garb as is worn by the poorest in the Islands: a short gown of hodden gray, coarse-knitted stockings, and stout shoes.
From Major Vigoureux by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Man, the great mime, must move the Momus vein, Whether he follow fashion or the wain, In ermine or in hodden.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various
How then was I to wear the hodden gray?
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
Beautiful and eloquent tribute, paid by an unlettered peasant, not to rank or to wealth, but to a soul—a mighty soul though clad in "hodden grey" like himself!
From Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography by Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
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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