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greenhorn
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Wiktionary
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n. (context chiefly US English) an inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The greenhorns headed out to the corral for their first ride.
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 0 Housing Units (2000): 7 Land area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) FIPS code: 31050 Located within: Oregon (OR), ...
Wikipedia
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Greenhorn is slang for an inexperienced person. It may also refer to: Greenhorn, California , United States Greenhorn Mountain , a mountain in Colorado Greenhorn, Oregon , United States The Greenhornes , a rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio
Usage examples of greenhorn.
Nick Bamba were the young couple who had come to his rescue when he was a greenhorn from Down Below getting bitten by mosquitoes.
His bunkmates were more than willing to show off their knowledge to a greenhorn, particularly one older than themselves.
Kepler could offer shatterproof glass as a security devicethe simple logic that two windows are harder to break than one would dazzle these greenhorns.
All the same, the vaunted honour and loyalty of the Swiss do not prevent them from fleecing strangers, at least as much as the Dutch, but the greenhorns who let themselves be cheated, learn thereby that it is well to bargain before-hand, and then they treat one well and charge reasonably.
There was a reverend creature and a couple of the usual court clowns in morning dress looking austere in the background - and there, at Albert's right hand, stood my little greenhorn of the billiard hall.
Neighbor gals who know way more about the lingo say this rascal claiming to be me was some sort of greenhorn from their old country.
North of there, and about due west of us, was a stage stop called Greenhorn, and at the Greenhorn Inn, one of Kit Carson's old hangouts, we figured it was likely we'd hear something.
What this meant was that the privates were greenhorns, who had been workmen or farm workers, but the commissioned and non-commissioned officers were peace-time, part-time soldiers whose real occupation lay far from war or any serious Army life.
If you're going to try to get away with something, why don't you pick on some greenhorns?
We get these greenhorn, uh, uh, preppies, who don't know the first thing about trial law.