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Word of the Day for Thursday April 6, 2006
hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy\, noun: An awkward, gawky young fellow.
For early on, girls become aware -- as much from their fathers' anguished bellows of "You're not going out dressed like that, Miss" as from the buffoonish reactions of the spotty hobbledehoys at the end-of-term disco -- of the power of clothes to seduce. -- Jane Shilling, "Soft-centred punk", [1]Times (London), October 27, 2000
His memories, even only reveries, of incomparable women, made me feel like a hulking hobbledehoy. -- Edith Anderson, [2]Love in Exile
Unfortunately, they have to contend with ignorant hobbledehoys who, on seeing these rows of shingle heaps, feel compelled to jump on them. -- Susan Campbell, "He grows seakale on the seashore", [3]Daily Telegraph, March 27, 1999 _________________________________________________________
The origin of hobbledehoy is unknown, though it perhaps derives from hobble, from the awkward movements of a clumsy adolescent.
References
1. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883642671/ref=nosim/lexico 3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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