About The Word Hobbledehoy
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Hobbledehoy
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What's The Definition Of Hobbledehoy?
[n] an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hobbledehoy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hobbledehoy: See Also | spring chicken | young person | younker | youth Hobbledehoy In Webster's Dictionary \Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \Hob"ble*te*hoy`\, n.
[Written also {hobbetyhoy}, {hobbarddehoy}, {hobbedehoy},
{hobdehoy}.] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping
movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and
OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of
to-day.]
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the
farm. --Dickens. .
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