hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Hayman, Doris
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
From the door where for an instant I halted, I took in the stained clapboard walls, carved over with crude initials; and the dingy benches full of men in jeans and hodden gray.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
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