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• hobbledehoy — /hob euhl dee hoy /, n. an awkward, ungainly youth. [1530 40; var. of hoberdyhoy, alliterative compound, equiv. to hoberd (var. of Roberd Robert) + Y2 + hoy for BOY (b > h for alliteration; see HOB2)] * * * …   Universalium