greenhorn
Example Sentences
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So to Ellis last August went a greenhorn trainer, Hamilton, then 28.
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022
I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
But it didn't matter if you owned a green jacket or were a greenhorn journalist, Dan Jenkins had time for you.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 11, 2019
I’d recommend it for the Chabon greenhorn on up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2019
Fresh arrivals to the Valentine farm made it so Cora was no longer the greenhorn, bumbling about.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.