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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOYDEN, adj. Unpretentious, homely.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 118:
Walks owr the heather's dreary tapit waste, An' gies the moss its hoyden colour'd bloom.
Ib. 119:
Delightfu' flower! The richest kingly vest, Is hoyden to the glowin' o' thy breast.

[Appar. a nonce erron. form of Hodden.]

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