hobbledehoy

Cartoon of a "hobbledehoy" William Cobbett enlisting in the army. From the Political Register of 1809. Artist James Gillray.

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Scots. Compare dialectal English hobbledygee; also French hobereau ("country squire"), English hobby, and Old French hoi ("today"); the original sense may have been "an upstart of today".

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