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[hob-uh
l-dee-hoi] 
–noun
| an awkward, ungainly youth. |
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| hob·ble·de·hoy (hŏb'əl-dē-hoi') n. pl. hob·ble·de·hoys A gawky adolescent boy. [Origin unknown.] |
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Hobbledehoy
Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \Hob"ble*te*hoy`\, n. [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. .
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hobbledehoy
"clumsy or awkward youth," 1540, first element is probably hob in its sense of "clown, prankster" (see hobgoblin), the second element seems to be M.Fr. de haye "worthless, untamed, wild," lit. "of the hedge."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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