Meaning & use
Hoyden
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A boisterous, high-spirited girl who behaves in a boyish or unrestrained way.
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The Victorian novel's heroine was seen as a hoyden for climbing trees and skipping needlework.
She was a lovable hoyden, always muddy from playing outdoors.
A note on using this word
Once considered mildly disapproving in older English, the word has largely fallen out of common use but still appears in period fiction.
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