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Recent Examples of hoyden
Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.
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Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoyden
Noun
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Yoo wears round wire-frame glasses and sweeps his dark hair back; Schat describes herself as a tomboy and keeps her hair in a pixie cut.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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The artist’s ability to straddle the line between tomboy inclinations and ultra-glam moments is what has always attracted me to her style.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When Aebersold grew up and her own children were born, the pixie elf, named Fisbee, came with her.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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For her transformation into American actress Jean Seberg, who became well-known for her work in Breathless, Deutch chopped and dyed her shoulder-length brunette hair into a blonde pixie cut to embody the je ne sais quoi of the French New Wave star.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Carter-Riverside faced a third and 11 at it own 46 with a minute and a half left in the game, but Bobby Fields iced the game with a 53-yard romp down to the Western Hills 1-yard line where the Eagles ran out the clock.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Republicans grappling with Tuesday’s Democratic romp are warning the White House that no matter how many foreign policy goals the president achieves, voters will care about the economy more.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Kravitz is no stranger to short haircuts—she’s had everything from an ultra-short platinum pixie in 2019 to a gamine cut inspired by Audrey Hepburn in 2022.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
21 Oct. 2025
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From her versatile bob to gamine pixie, the Bones and All actress has turned crop cuts into her signature hairstyle.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Hoyden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoyden. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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