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hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy\

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nounAn awkward young fellow.[Of uncertain origin.]"Burleigh's breathless accounts of the many figures of the British peerage in the story read as though written by some overawed hobbledehoy, someone who fingers the noblemen's lamé draperies in envious amazement and wonders how much they would go for at Wal-Mart." - Simon Winchester; 'The Nation's Attic'; The Boston Globe; Jan 11, 2004.

Front	hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy\
Back	noun An awkward young fellow. [Of uncertain origin.] "Burleigh's breathless accounts of the many figures of the British peerage in the story read as though written by some overawed hobbledehoy, someone who fingers the noblemen's lamé draperies in envious amazement and wonders how much they would go for at Wal-Mart." - Simon Winchester; 'The Nation's Attic'; The Boston Globe; Jan 11, 2004.

Hobbledehoy Hob Uhl Dee Hoy Noun Awkward Young Fellow Uncertain Origin