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  • n  a girl who behaves in a boyish manner

  • His Juliet (Joanna Dunham) is the giddy, giggling, starry-eyed and breathless hoyden she ought to be.
  • As Gittel Mosca, the heartbroken Bronx-to-Bohemia hoyden of Seesaw, the young star still had an uncertain luster.
  • In a flap of pigtails, this little hoyden in a party frock climbed up on the stage.

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