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- HOBBLEDEHOY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HOBBLEDEHOY is an awkward gawky youth
- HOBBLEDEHOY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
HOBBLEDEHOY definition: an awkward, ungainly youth See examples of hobbledehoy used in a sentence
- Hobbledehoy - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
Origin and history of hobbledehoy hobbledehoy (n ) "clumsy or awkward youth," 1530s, of uncertain origin and the subject of much discussion Suspicion has focused on French or Anglo-French, but no appropriate word has been found there
- HOBBLEDEHOY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
hobbledehoy in American English (ˈhɑbəldiˌhɔɪ ) noun Origin: earlier hoberdihoye, hobbedihoy, prob based on hob 2 with cross assoc < hobble, hobby 1 a boy or adolescent youth, esp one who is awkward and gawky
- Word of the Day: Hobbledehoy - The Economic Times
Hobbledehoy is a whimsical English word used to describe a gangly, awkward adolescent, usually a teenage boy Originating from Middle English, it combines “hobelen,” meaning clumsy movement, and “hoy,” a young lad
- Hobbledehoy - definition of hobbledehoy by The Free Dictionary
hobbledehoy (ˌhɒbəldɪˈhɔɪ) n archaic a clumsy or bad-mannered youth [C16: from earlier hobbard de hoy, of uncertain origin]
- hobbledehoy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
He was a fair boy, with round pink cheeks, with his hair parted on one side, and a shade of down on his lip He looked frankly what he was — a hobbledehoy — though he made great efforts to seem grown up
- hobbledehoy, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word hobbledehoy, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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