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[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

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

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

"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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