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hoydens

hoydens is the plural of hoyden.

Meaning of hoyden

Noun

hoyden (plural hoydens)

  1. (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
    • She is a hoyden, one will say. At any rate she is not a lady, another will exclaim. I have suspected her all through, a third will declare; she has no idea of the dignity of a matron; or of the peculiar propriety which her position demands.1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers: In Three Volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, OCLC 911659634; republished [London]: D. Campbell Publishers, 1992 (Everyman's Library...

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Questions about hoydens

What is hoydens the plural of?
Hoydens is the plural of hoyden.

Words near hoydens in the dictionary

  1. hoydenish
  2. hoydenishly
  3. hoydenishness
  4. hoydenism
  5. hoydenisms
  6. hoydens
  7. Hoye
  8. hoyed
  9. hoyer
  10. Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
  11. hoyers

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