What does hoiden mean?
Hoiden means Alternative form of hoyden..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of hoyden..
Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter.
get a scratch, but we always discovered upon examining, that they had been hoidening with the young apprentices.
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Hoiden means Alternative form of hoyden..
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Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter.
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