hobbledehoy

/ˌˈhɑbəldiˌˈhɔɪ/
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Other forms: hobbledehoys

Definitions of hobbledehoy
  1. noun
    an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
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    type of:
    spring chicken, young person, younker, youth
    a young person (especially a young man or boy)
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