hoyden
noun
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
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
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
During such passages, the women, looking hoydenish in ankle socks, are reminders of dissonance and jazz to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
She sketches in charming details of her early hoydenish exploits, followed by baby-ballerina days in Cincinnati.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, yes," I said, trying to recall the rather hoydenish children I had seen on the motor trip to Billings' home five years before.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
