Usually means: Awkward youth between boy, man.
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  1. hobbledehoy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hobbledehoy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hobbledehoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hobbledehoy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hobbledehoy: Vocabulary.com
  6. hobbledehoy: Wordnik
  7. hobbledehoy: Wiktionary
  8. hobbledehoy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hobbledehoy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Hobbledehoy, hobbledehoy: Dictionary.com
  11. hobbledehoy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Hobbledehoy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. hobbledehoy: Rhymezone
  14. Hobbledehoy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. hobbledehoy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. hobbledehoy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. hobbledehoy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. hobbledehoy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hobbledehoy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Hobbledehoy: World Wide Words

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  1. hobbledehoy: A Word A Day
  2. hobbledehoy: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Hobbledehoy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hobbledehoy)

▸ noun:  An awkward adolescent youth.

Similar:
hoddydoddy, hobbinoll, hoodlum, stumblebum, hick, hoddy-dod, hoddy-peak, hoolie, hoyden, hobnail, more...

Opposite:
adult, mature, grown-up

Adjectives:
mere, lanky, young, true, grotesque, gawky, great, colossal, sick, english, first
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Similar:
hoddydoddy, hobbinoll, hoodlum, stumblebum, hick, hoddy-dod, hoddy-peak, hoolie, hoyden, hobnail, more...

Opposite:
adult, mature, grown-up

Adjectives:
mere, lanky, young, true, grotesque, gawky, great, colossal, sick, english, first



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