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Webster 1913 Edition
Hobbletehoy
{
Hob′ble-de-hoyˊ
,Hob′ble-te-hoyˊ
, }Noun.
[Written also
hobbetyhoy
, hobbarddehoy
, hobbedehoy
, hobdehoy
.] [ Cf. Prob. E.
hobbledygee
with a limping movement; also F. hobereau
, a country squire, E. hobby
, and OF. hoi
to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
All the men, boys, and
hobbledehoys
attached to the farm. Dickens. .