greenhorn
Example Sentences
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She spoke of that hard line in sports, the one between being a 21-year-old greenhorn flitting around all carefree without the expectations and a 26-year-old veteran flying around with the expectations.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
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
Instead, it was McIlroy that looked like the greenhorn.
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 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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