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Quotation dates: 1791
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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.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 119:
Delightfu' flower! The richest kingly vest, Is hoyden to the glowin' o' thy breast.
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