hodden
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hodden
C18: Scottish, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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During a turn round Bridge Street, a country cart heaves alongside, steered by a stalwart man in hodden gray.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
The red sun stared unwinking at the East Then slept under a cloak of hodden gray; The rimy fields held the last light of day, A little tender yet.
From Poems New and Old by John Freeman
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
Our great poet formed a correcter estimate: “What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a’ that?
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
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
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