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hobbledehoy

 (n): an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
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5 months ago yarb said:

He, Mark, could not stand hobbledehoys - particularly the hobbledehoys of that age who appeared to be opinionative and emotional beyond the normal in hobbledehoys.

- Ford Madox Ford, The Last Post

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