hoiden
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hoidenish adjective
- hoidenishness noun
Example Sentences
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Hoyden, Hoiden, hoi′den, n. a tomboy, a romp.
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A bright face set in a mass of yellow curls, a wee white hand all spangled with jewels, a voice sweeter than any bird's, a name—Hoiden Pearl—these rang, and danced, and echoed, and shone in the recesses of his brain and heart to the exclusion of all else.
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In the more innocent sense of the word she looked like her name, Hoiden.
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Hoiden Pearl was in the focus of all his thoughts; her face lighted his dreams, her voice made the music that charmed him into a wonderland of bliss.
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He was too contented for self-questioning, and no act or word of Hoiden's invited him to consider what he was doing or whither he was drifting.
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