: a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior
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Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.
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Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
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Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
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“Hoyden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoyden. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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