Word: hobbledehoy
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...around his white plastic plate as he tried to manage his cutlery, hold a hotdog, and escape from a girl with blonde dreadlocks who said she wanted to be his best friend. In fact, run-ins like this have unquestionably been happening at Harvard since 1636, when the first hobbledehoy freshmen putzed around the Yard, chewing on hardtack and trying to make friends with the other budding clergymen. And they’re still happening, (albeit with a deepened knowledge of technology). This year, as Hunter Bennett concentrates on eating his third piece of fried dough and saving...
...Anthony, "a hobbledehoy of 19, without any idea of a career," Frances obtained a clerkship in the London Post Office. Tom, her other son, joined his mother in writing money-making fiction...
...career," remarks Son Anthony, in a classic understatement, "offers great encouragement to those who have not begun early in life, but are still ambitious to do something before they depart hence." Post Office Hobbledehoy. For seven years, Trollope was the Post Office's black sheep. Moneylenders trailed him as they had trailed his mother; twice he was led off to jail for debt (but not locked...
...Mittens, a hobbledehoy take-off on the Federal Theatre's Living Newspaper...
...farmer rides hobbledehoy, hobble...