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greenhorn

[green-hawrn] / ˈgrinˌhɔrn /


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They include seasoned politicians, an activist, greenhorn or two and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

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

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

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017

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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