greenhorn
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By the time Jacob turned 2, Tony had put a ball in his son’s hands and was watching his greenhorn grow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
They did not include Haotong Li, the 25-year-old second-round leader, but Li did refrain from the kind of free fall many would have projected from a greenhorn.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2020
Wily bank robber Wesley Snipes taunts a familiar-looking rough-and-ready cop while greenhorn Ryan Phillippe delivers a TED talk on chaos theory in this listless would-be thriller.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2019
Instead, it was McIlroy that looked like the greenhorn.
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 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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