hoyden

IPA: hˈɔɪdʌn

Examples of "hoyden" in Sentences

If a girl does not conform, she is defined as a "hoyden" or a "tomboy."
Just what turrible transgression did you commit, you wee wicked hoyden?
God grant I live long enough to buy that Scottish hoyden a decent number of petticoats and at least one pair of slippers.
Condemn Saxon's references to fairies, gnomes, and medieval life and the use of words like "hoyden" and "ribald" just like you condemned references to poltergeists in the first edition.
Although you acknowledge that "references to demons, poltergeists, and other unpleasant spiritual beings" are a matter of concern in the first edition, you excuse references to fairies, gnomes and medieval life, as well as "the occasional use of words such as hoyden and ribald," in later editions.