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Date "HOBEDY-HOIG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOBEDY-HOIG

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LiteratureHobedy-hoig sometimes written Hobbledchoy and hobidy-hoy, between a man and a boy; neither hay nor grass. Tusser says the third age of seven years (15 to 21) is to be kept "under Sir Hobbard de Hoy." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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