hoydenish
- a word derived from hoyden.
Example Sentences
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Slyly, she begins by underplaying the grand lady affectations; she’s a Dolly who might really have lived on the Lower East Side, who still has an accent and a coarse, hoydenish swagger.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017
Maidens revolt in every third novel these days but here is a maiden whose technique is neither kittenish nor hoydenish.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the way he stops to pick up a hoydenish little mountain girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Andrews Sisters, bawling, hoydenish Queens of the Juke Box, gave their parents, a Minneapolis Greek restaurateur named Andreos, and their Norwegian mother a whopping 32nd-wedding-anniversary present: one-fourth of the singers' earnings for life.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mother often stood lost in wonder that out of an ordinary childhood, a barelegged, romping, hoydenish childhood, this marvel should emerge: her’s!
From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
