hoydenish

• She has dropped that hoydenish, tomboyish manner that was so offensive when she returned from the ranch. —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
• She would be as dignified and gracious as the Princess herself; not at all like the hoydenish child of eleven who had waved her sunbonnet at him in parting three years before The sight of the train as it slowed up sent a queer inward quiver of expectancy through her, and her cheeks were flushed with eagerness as she leaned forward watching for him. —  The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor
• Julia was sixteen, and as sweet a romping, hoydenish, laughing, brave, strong girl as ever bewitched the heart of dreaming youth; and he had taught her to ride on horseback; and then she was sent off, away "down country," to the centre of the world, to Boston, where were uncles and aunts, and was gone, oh, ever and ever so long!--half a lifetime--nearly two years--and came back; and then his thoughts became confused. —  Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio
• What a capital name Veronica Trollope would be for a hoydenish young woman in a society novel! —  Ponkapog Papers
• I knew a hoydenish little gypsy who bore the tearful name of Lagrimas. —  Castilian Days

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