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hobberdehoy

Half a man and half a boy, a lad between both.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Half man, half goat. Wait, wrong word…

In Merriam-Webster this is listed as hobbledehoy (the awkward youth, not the goat).

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