hobbledehoy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy

WordNet

Hob"ble*de*hoy`, Hob"ble*te*hoy` noun (Also<
  • Hobbledehoy
  • Hobbletehoy
)
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . Colloq.
    All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

Webster 1913