Hobblebush
Hob"ble*bush`
(?), n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.[1913 Webster]
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Hob"ble*de*hoy`
(?),Hob"ble*te*hoy`
(?), } n.[Written also
hobbetyhoy,
hobbarddehoy,
hobbedehoy,
hobdehoy.]
[ 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.] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.][1913 Webster]
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm.Dickens. .
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