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greenhorn

[green-hawrn] / ˈgrinˌhɔrn /


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So to Ellis last August went a greenhorn trainer, Hamilton, then 28.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

London himself arrived here in 1897, as a 21-year-old greenhorn.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017

"I don't have an extra pen," I whispered, complete sentences for whispers, that's what tells you I was still a greenhorn in this culture.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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