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greenhorn

[green-hawrn] / ˈgrinˌhɔrn /


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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

In its first visit, the MLS originals from Washington faced a lethal and favored greenhorn.

From Washington Post Apr. 30, 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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