Used of girls; wild and boisterous.
1 Their range, between the extremes of the demure and the hoydenish , is greater.
2 Her principal charm was a laughing, hoydenish countenance and roguish eyes.
3 His manners were hoydenish , but there was nothing of the clown about him.
4 Other riders of her sex might be rough, hoydenish , or masculine.
5 It was a hoydenish trick, but Kitty had enacted it for Lord Monckton's benefit.
6 She was too intent upon that child's mad, hoydenish riding.
7 Ann Veronica decided that " hoydenish ragger" was the only phrase to express her.
8 Stately in satin, or simple in gingham, or deliciously hoydenish in fishing-clothes, they challenged his surprised attention.
9 Bold, forward and hoydenish enough, I suppose!
10 Or the more hoydenish ones delighted to work in the fields with their brothers, enjoying the outdoor life.
11 If the chief character is of the other sex we are dragged through her dreamy girlhood, or hoydenish .
12 She is leaving the hoydenish period.
13 She gave him a hoydenish grin.
14 She was a great romp, but she passed the hoydenish period in safety, so will Blue Bonnet; never fear.
15 Self-willed and thoughtless-evenrude and hoydenish - we may think her in these days of gentler manners and more guarded speech.
16 She burst into a loud, hoydenish laugh as Loveday tried to stammer something about a friend of her own.
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