| At fourteen and a quarter Gwen Gascoyne was at a particularly difficult and hobbledehoy stage of her development. |
| The true hobbledehoy is much alone, not being greatly given to social intercourse even with other hobbledehoys. |
| They want to believe the favours they were granted are not being extended to the next hobbledehoy who comes along. |
| Janice, however, never lost her temper with this hobbledehoy cousin. |
| And so, in course of time, Pincher became rather less of a hobbledehoy and rather more of a seaman. |
| Besides, the best have to get through the hobbledehoy age, and that's the very time they need most patience and kindness. |
