Being a "greenhorn" -- i.e., just off the boat -- was a put down back when your professor, PT, was coming up. From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
Renee W. said, "Sometimes a greenhorn is a dark horse and even a nova.". From Wordnik.com. [Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition] Reference
A fool of a greenhorn was a-managin 'of the thing, an' this is the result. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave] Reference
I inquired what he meant, was first called a greenhorn for not knowing, and then had it explained to me. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer] Reference
Anyhow that means a sort of 'greenhorn' I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences] Reference
It refers to "greenhorn", a noun of unknown origen. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
I can't no more wear my 'greenhorn' shawl going out with an American. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry Hearts] Reference
But, “You’re so green” established doubt that a greenhorn was my dream. From Wordnik.com. [What is Green?] Reference
Uploading photos I'm a "greenhorn" ... why won't it let me change my avatar ...?. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
The first attempts of a "greenhorn" to kill a buffalo are invariably unsuccessful. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
Calumet, or to one another whispered the significant words, "greenhorn" and "tenderfoot.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boss of the Lazy Y] Reference
One of their favorite tricks was to persuade some "greenhorn" to act as surety for a loan. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Life and Times] Reference
SVTF: A greenhorn is a novice. From Wordnik.com. [The Greenhorns Goat Spit Menu Sneak Peek! (and a chat with its founder/filmmaker)] Reference
"greenhorn," -- that is, one who is new to the ways of their wilderness life. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
"greenhorn," doffing his coat and hat, started in full expectation of winning the wager. From Wordnik.com. [ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE] Reference
That every educated feller ain't a plumb greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] Reference
Was she trying to convince me that she was a greenhorn?. From Wordnik.com. [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference
He saw nothing, but Little was no longer a complete greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
We thought he was a greenhorn that had just 'scaped from town. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] Reference
"A pretty big order for a shave-tail (greenhorn) Lewis," General. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
When I need a guardian I certainly shall not select a greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
But little fish are sweet, and he thought he had secured a greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
"But how under the sun does he do it?" pursued the doubting greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
"Time that greenhorn was back, Tony," Phil finally remarked, as he sat up. From Wordnik.com. [Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat] Reference
Besides, if you are a greenhorn, you act as if you know what you are about. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Of course it was a pretty greenhorn trick, but I guess no harm will come of it. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
"I ain't got my money's worth out o 'that greenhorn yet," declared the skipper. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
I shall put you up to-night, because you're a decent young chap, and a greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
The boys thought him a greenhorn, and they were all showing him how to do things. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
I heard the farmer, chopping near me, yell something about a fool and a greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Roost] Reference
It was all pretty new for him, though Max thought the other did very well for a greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island] Reference
It means more particularly, swindling a greenhorn out of his cash by the mere gift of the gab. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
Having always been fond of outdoor sports in his Kentucky home, he was, at least, no greenhorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave] Reference
Phil repressed any emotion that would have overcome a greenhorn at the fine prospect for a shot. From Wordnik.com. [Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat] Reference
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