hoyden
noun
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
hoydenism
-
a word derived from
hoyden.
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Burnett blends pure waffles-and-syrup Americana with a tomboyish hoydenism and emerges as the girl next door, only vastly more amusing.
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