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Noun: hobbledehoy  'hó-bul-dee,hoy
Usage: archaic
  1. An awkward, bad-mannered adolescent boy
    "The hobbledehoy stumbled through the formal dinner, unsure of which fork to use"

Derived forms: hobbledehoys

Type of: spring chicken, younker [archaic], youth

Encyclopedia: Hobbledehoy