| 单词 | hobbledehoy |
| 例句 | “I know a lot of these young men who are at a somewhat awkward stage, like Trollope’s hobbledehoy, caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood,” says Schine. L.A.-transplant novelist Cathleen Schine's love letter to the city's refugee generations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Silence!" he cried, and, as at a signal, there was a rush, the two interrupters were seized and, surrounded by a gang of hobbledehoys, were hustled down the road, fighting furiously and shouting, "Blues! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In a tempest of rage he rushed on the nearest hobbledehoy, and felling him with his stick, rained blows upon him. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z They who incited her very brothers, clownish hobbledehoys, and her mawkish sister to rise up against her and against him? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z And with his eye he whipped in a couple of hobbledehoys who seemed inclined to stray towards the enemy. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I seemed to witness the actual progress of M. Armand, a hobbledehoy from the provinces losing his awkwardness, acquiring ease and polish in his contact with the refinement of Paris. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z When I saw you first you were just a—” “A hobbledehoy?” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Four or five hobbledehoys had assisted the Beau to his feet and volunteered to show him the way to the Green Dragon. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The hobbledehoy broke into a fit of blubbering. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z After that he moved to the farther side of the couch, where some sneaking hobbledehoys showed a disposition to break in upon them. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z You're in desperate want of money, and I don't suppose it would amuse you much to have a young hobbledehoy hanging about your skirts for the rest of your life. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z "That's not very much like a German hobbledehoy's laugh, is it?" The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Naturally, to such a community, in the hobbledehoy stage of its development, as it were, the advent of so strange a phenomenon as a woman was in the nature of an event. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Ten years later he will take a girl away from some other hobbledehoy and marry her. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Two hobbledehoys were standing by the forge staring in a bovine way at the proceedings. The Wonderful Visit A pack of village hobbledehoys were pelting her with sticks and stones. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers He grew more silent too; the hobbledehoy was gone. A Bed of Roses Master Culpepper was one of those nondescripts in social zoölogy, classed by some philosophers as "cubs," and by others as "hobbledehoys,"—"not a man, nor a boy, but a hobbledehoy." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The first sign that heralded the train's approach was the arrival of a hobbledehoy rustic of about sixteen on the platform. Long Live the King A ragged hobbledehoy stood on the Vanderbilt grounds at Biltmore, mouth open but silent, watching a gardener at work. Our Southern Highlanders She was twelve years old, I was a hobbledehoy of sixteen. Eyes Like the Sea The price you'd get for those three hobbledehoys would keep us comfortable for the balance of our lives; and we need never track the Devil's Desert again. The Boy Slaves He interested me much—because he was so exceptionally uninteresting; a pallid, anæmic, indefinite hobbledehoy, with a high, narrow forehead, and sketchy features. Miss Cayley's Adventures A soldier, a noble, of the proudest and bravest race in Europe, it had been left to the prattle of a hobbledehoy lackey in an English chaise to recall me to the consciousness of duty. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) I knew a hobbledehoy of sixteen who married a frail, tuberculous girl of twelve, and in the same small settlement another lad of sixteen who wedded a girl of thirteen. Our Southern Highlanders She was a hobbledehoy sort of girl, having outstripped her years, which were only thirteen, and was considered by some of her companions very plain and by others very fascinating. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School Since Jim had shown 77 his ability to administer a knockout to that angry chauffeur, he seemed to this hobbledehoy peculiarly a proper person for athletic confidences. The Brown Mouse This fact was brought sharply home to her by a young Farrel, a male of the Farrel brood, a hobbledehoy, good-looking enough but with a Dublin accent and a cheeky manner. The Ghost Girl Anybody who sees in the Lancelot of the foregoing scene only a hobbledehoy and milksop who happens to have a big chest, strong arms, and plenty of mere fighting spirit, will never grasp him. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Following them was a half-grown hobbledehoy boy, strong enough to have packed an ox, who was doing his heavy share by carrying a little glass vase. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror You don’t mind a big hobbledehoy’s admiration, do you? The Search Threading the path which led to the lake, I found the water literally alive with men, boys, and hobbledehoys, revelling in the water like young hippopotami on the Nile. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis T' third morning I caught sight of some men loading a boat at Louis's stage, so, being only a hobbledehoy then, I guessed they'd not take much notice of me, and no more they did. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers The price you’d get for those three hobbledehoys would keep us comfortable for the balance of our lives; and we need never track the Devil’s desert again. The Boy Slaves Your hobbledehoy tree of twenty-five years' standing is neither so beautiful as in its infancy, nor so respectable as in its age. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) A half-wild-looking hobbledehoy boy of fifteen years also joined the group. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell She had followed him along the fence to complete his discomfiture and to enjoy her power to turn him from an efficient man into a bashful hobbledehoy. Oh, You Tex! It, too, has reached the hobbledehoy height and has all the signs which mark that elevation, the brief aspirations, the splendid unformed hopes, and the touchy irascibility. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Her promising family were not little pigs, but had nearly attained the age when they would be turned out to shift for themselves, regular hobbledehoys of swinehood. Paddy Finn It did make him so savage when he heard, and he said he wasn’t half such a hobbledehoy as old Reb was, and Dicksee said he’d go and tell.” Burr Junior These fakir academies are not only a disgrace but a danger in America, and here, as in other matters, Germany has a right to smile grimly at certain of our hobbledehoy methods of government. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View In those days, while we were still hobbledehoys, she pleased us the more that she had, with the precocity of her sex, quite outstripped us where all subtle social forces are concerned. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. The child might be attractive if clean, but it looked neglected, while the boys were what she described as "hobbledehoys." The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 He ceased to be a pretty creature, pathetic in his helplessness, and grew into a gawky hobbledehoy, rough and rude and turbulent. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs A hobbledehoy! and he looks it, don’t he? Burr Junior A shambling man, almost a hobbledehoy, of about twenty five, ran out to obey the command, and, when he returned from No. 6, informed Wilkinson civilly that the water was in his room. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life I had always supposed her to be a sort of hobbledehoy; instead, she was one of those rare creatures who possess all the varying moods of the sex. The Princess Elopes Only a hobbledehoy could prefer Lucy Woodrow's immature charms to the ripe perfections of a woman of her years. In the Roaring Fifties Instead of foggy London, the sea; and at night, instead of Sir Roger de Coverley with a lot of hobbledehoys, you have a charming little dance, on a good floor, with capital partners. Prince Fortunatus It is a disappointing feature of this water wonderland that some of the "sea-gentlemen" are apt to hide, like hobbledehoy children, when visitors call. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Eleanor has the refinement that a hobbledehoy like Edith needs," Mrs. Houghton explained; "and I think the child will have better food than at Fern Hill. The Vehement Flame In front of these 'pictures,' a lank hobbledehoy stood lost in reverie, while two young girls nudged each other and jeered. His Masterpiece The majority remain hobbledehoys throughout life; all the disabilities and none of the unique capacities of childhood remain. Aspects of Literature A lot of ragged children with great wicked-looking hobbledehoys from the Cross Roads, were trotting after the elephants; and Norah, joining this disreputable band, trotted also. The Devil's Garden Mrs. Daylesford has a sister called Polly who develops, according to the approved psychological method, from a hobbledehoy girl into a tender sweet woman. Reviews Men and hobbledehoys stumbled off in hot haste, pursued by the victorious handful under George. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne We wanted children," said Danby, "not hobbledehoys" "Hobbledehoys! no, but there is reason in everything. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 To himself he appeared a hobbledehoy by the side of Pauli; to us he appears a hobbledehoy by the side of Miss Savage. Aspects of Literature At this summons, a lanky, big-boned hobbledehoy, in sea boots, pushed the stools up towards the fire, on which a log of wood was blazing cheerily. The Firm of Girdlestone He was tall and active, light and lithe in gesture, not a clumsy hobbledehoy. The Life of John Ruskin He still had that ultra-youthful figure that partook the traits of the hobbledehoy, arrived at man's stature, but not yet possessing the full manly proportions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 It was the hoarse croak of the hobbledehoy. Vandemark's Folly But I am sure that the tendency nowadays is, somehow or other, to prolong the hobbledehoy days. The Silent Isle If ever I perpetrate matrimony the participant in my degradation will be a fully developed man—not a hobbledehoy who falls in love, as he terms it, on an average about twice a week. My Brilliant Career The David, to state the matter frankly, is a colossal hobbledehoy. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti It was a little too crude, too much as yet in the transitory stage, in that civic hobbledehoy period which overtakes every village that shoots up over-swiftly to a city's dimensions. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest A man rarely carries his shyness past the hobbledehoy period. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Tommy, for some occult reason, had the courage to stare back into his grandmother's eyes, quite as if he were a man, and not a hobbledehoy, expecting to be bullied. The Shuttle I remember when I was about seventeen - a self-conscious hobbledehoy - Mr. Ellice took me to one of her large receptions. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Why, the sight of this idiotic engraving, the mere name of that coxcomb of a singer, have made my heart beat and my limbs turn to water like a love-sick hobbledehoy. Hauntings These once important considerations ceased to exist and a man, concerned about a woman, feeling his obligations to look after her, emerged from the hobbledehoy that had once been Marquis de Lafayette Barrage. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California And we fancy we were very happy when we were hobbledehoys and loved; and we wish that we could love again. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Sour apples and green oranges seem quite irresistible to hobbledehoys. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" I am not going to repeat the Byronic impertinence about bread-and-butter; but the society of a girl of the hobbledehoy age is apt to be insipid. Charlotte's Inheritance This period, in the history of a country, may be likened to the hobbledehoy condition in ourselves, when we have lost the graces of childhood, without having attained the finished forms of men. Satanstoe It grew evident that he would have the Weeks build, and, by the time he was fifteen, he was as lean, big-boned, awkward a hobbledehoy as the old man could wish. The Short Line War Good as it is, it would be all the better for an alliance with our family, but I shall disown you at once if you marry one of those hobbledehoys. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing He looked frankly what he was—a hobbledehoy—though he made great efforts to seem grown up. Jean-Christophe, Volume I He was to be a man immediately; not for him that absurdly dilatory condition of pimples and hobbledehoy boots that mark a transition period. Fortitude I take it that it isn't exactly the hobbledehoy sort. The Lady of the Aroostook The two hobbledehoys in the stocks, loutish farmer's boys, had been already undergoing the punishment for about an hour. The Duke of Stockbridge Even then his friends saw the germs of the statesman in the lank, homely, crack-voiced hobbledehoy. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Far off at the corner by the God’s Providence Inn a group of three stiff hobbledehoys in their black, best clothes, conversed intermittently with Taplow, the policeman. The History of Mr. Polly She called him a hobbledehoy, said his mother was 'common', and that coming from a home like that, he would never amount to anything or have an education. The City of Fire As though such a book as Hints and Helps had never existed, Abner shot for the gate—he was but a hobbledehoy fascinated with the idea of playing gentleman. The Best American Humorous Short Stories Karl Meek was a lanky, awkward hobbledehoy, with a tousled head of hair and long red hands, which were always covered with chilblains. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Jack was a hobbledehoy son of the house, almost as much as Vincent. The Iron Game A Tale of the War She would look upon him as a hobbledehoy. Man on the Box If our house is in Baker or Wimpole street, we must certainly have a manservant in sombre raiment to open our door, with a hobbledehoy or a buttons to run his superior's messages. Lectures and Essays The boys, hobbledehoys, both of them, grew shy and turned red at unexpected moments. The Iron Woman Oh, well, aunt, you know I was not an interesting boy, and had I been imposed upon you in my hobbledehoy period, our present relations might never have existed. His Sombre Rivals He greeted her effusively, with a comical mixture of hobbledehoy clumsiness and imperial dignity. The Unwilling Vestal "And yet, really, the chief danger to me is that I might unconsciously catch some reflection of Lorraine’s charm and become dangerously attractive myself, instead of just an outspoken hobbledehoy no one takes seriously." Winding Paths The bandages and false hair flew across the passage into the bar, making a hobbledehoy jump to avoid them. The Invisible Man She sat proudly erect in her saddle, while the village hobbledehoys who had instinctively gathered round her, like steel shavings round a magnet, fairly gasped for breath. God's Good Man Many of the attributes of a hobbledehoy had fallen from him, and even Lily Dale might now probably acknowledge that he was no longer a boy. The Small House at Allington Since Wilfrid had ceased to be a hobbledehoy, it would have become him to put a little more of the courtier into his manner towards her. A Life's Morning The hobbledehoy is sure to be the winner, for she is less laden, and the father loses time by singing as he comes. Dear Brutus Those ignorant hobbledehoys actually turned up their noses at the admirable "Cotes du Rhone" wine, and begged for beer. The Days Before Yesterday So she brushed up Andrew, tied his scarf, saw his boots and hands were clean, and titivated him generally till she had converted the ungainly hobbledehoy into a thoroughly "likely young mon." Bob, Son of Battle When I compare the hobbledehoy of one or two and twenty to some finished Apollo of the same age, I regard the former as unripe fruit, and the latter as fruit that is ripe. The Small House at Allington He chanced to jump aboard, from one side; just as the guide's hobbledehoy son was hoisting a heavy and cumbersome duffle bag into the tonneau, from the other. Further Adventures of Lad He had acknowledged to himself, in some indistinct way, that he was no more than a hobbledehoy, awkward, silent, ungainly, with a face unfinished, as it were, or unripe. The Small House at Allington Such observations, however, as I have been enabled to make in this matter have led me to believe that the hobbledehoy is by no means the least valuable species of the human race. The Small House at Allington In truth, they are not as yet men, whatever the number may be of their years; and, as they are no longer boys, the world has found for them the ungraceful name of hobbledehoy. The Small House at Allington And he had a younger sister who loved him dearly, who had no idea that he was a hobbledehoy, being somewhat of a hobbledehoy herself. The Small House at Allington I feel that I have been in fault in giving such prominence to a hobbledehoy, and that I should have told my story better had I brought Mr Crosbie more conspicuously forward on my canvas. 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