HOBBLEDEHOY

{ Hob″ble‐de‐hoy′ (?), 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 . All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .