The Collaborative International Dictionary
hobbedehoy
Hobbledehoy \Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \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 .
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the
farm.
--Dickens. .
Wiktionary
hobbedehoy
n. (alternative form of hobbledehoy English)