Found 2 items, similar to hobbledehoy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hobbledehoy hobbledehoy n : an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hobbledehoy Hobbledehoy \Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \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 . [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. --Dickens. . [1913 Webster]