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[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

I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”

From New York Times May 10, 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

But it didn't matter if you owned a green jacket or were a greenhorn journalist, Dan Jenkins had time for you.

From Golf Digest Mar. 11, 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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