hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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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
Oh, geck na' at hame hodden gray, Jean Linn!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
The game of love is the same, whether the players be clad in velvet or in hodden grey.
From St. Patrick's Eve by Charles James Lever
"Why should I wear the hodden grey When I am light of heart to-day?"
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
Where were the stately dames in stiff brocade, the shaven priests, the fool in motley, the vassals, the yeomen in hodden gray and broad blue bonnet?
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
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