hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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What, though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden pray, and a' that?
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
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 Bevan, Tom
"Why should I wear the hodden grey When I am light of heart to-day?"
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William
It was but of stout hodden grey and a checked plaid like the rest.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
She would have been the same even if attired in hodden gray, but now she was well-dressed in silks and furs.
From Christian's Mistake by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
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