hoiden
noun
hoidenish
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a word derived from
hoiden.
Example Sentences
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They call her fascinating; I believe that rather hoidenish manner of hers, and all those dashing airs, and that 'loud' style of dress and doings, take some men by storm.
From Sir Noel's Heir A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
You were always so wild and hoidenish in your playing.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
Sir Everard certainly was very sorry for that hoidenish Miss Hunsden.
From The Baronet's Bride by May Agnes Fleming
Give up one hoidenish way at a time; that will be easier than trying to do all at once, you know.
From We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton
In my childhood I was particularly fond of the hoidenish amusement of jumping out of our high barn-window, and landing on the straw underneath.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
