hobbledehoy

noun

1. An awkward adolescent youth.

   “[…]all the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm[…]”

   “A man rarely carries his shyness past the hobbledehoy period.”

   “Two hobbledehoys were standing by the forge staring in a bovine way at the proceedings.”

   “And though it do take—how many years, Bob?—five years to turn a lirruping hobble-de-hoy chap into a solemn preaching man with no corrupt passions, they'll do it, if it can be done [...]”