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HOBBLEDEHOY

Dictionary entry overview: What does hobbledehoy mean?

• HOBBLEDEHOY (noun)
The noun HOBBLEDEHOY has 1 sense:

1. an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy

Familiarity information: HOBBLEDEHOY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOBBLEDEHOY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hobbledehoy" is a kind of...):

spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))

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