hoy·den (hoid
n)
n.
A high-spirited, boisterous, or saucy girl.
adj.
High-spirited; boisterous.
[From earlier hoyden, a rude youth, probably from Dutch heiden, heathen, boor, from Middle Dutch; see kaito- in Indo-European roots.]
hoyden·ish adj.
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hoyden – a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
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