hoyden
- 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.