Definition of "hoidenish" [hoi•den•ish]

• Alternative form of hoydenish. (adjective)

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• "I suppose I ought not to wonder if a little of this vigor clings to her manner, making it not hoidenish exactly, but different from the manner of Beacon Street girls, who, after all said and done, have certainly the best breeding of any girls the world over."
• "She has dropped her old hoidenish ways and goes about as prim as a Puritan."
• "You were always so wild and hoidenish in your playing."