greenhorn

greenhorn
   Originally a reference to a young animal with new horns, but applied to a person with the meaning ‘simpleton’, or in American slang, ‘rookie’, since the end of the seventeenth century. Vocative use is more frequent in the USA than in Britain. The Natural, by Bernard Malamud, has: ‘“Pitch it, greenhorn,” warned the Whammer.’ In Moviola, by Garson Kanin, it is supposedly Thomas Edison, discussing a business deal with a young and inexperienced negotiator, who says: ‘No, no, you greenhorn. Sixty you, forty us.’

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  • Greenhorn — is slang for an inexperienced person.Greenhorn can also refer to: * Greenhorn, California, United States * Greenhorn, Oregon, United States * The Greenhornes, a rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio …   Wikipedia

  • Greenhorn, CA — U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 146 Housing Units (2000): 84 Land area (2000): 6.721582 sq. miles (17.408817 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.721582 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Greenhorn, OR — U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 0 Housing Units (2000): 7 Land area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Greenhorn — Green horn , n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Greenhorn — Greenhorn(englausgesprochen)n Dummer,Unerfahrener,Vorwitziger.MeintinderenglJägersprachedasBastgehörnjungerRehböckeundHirsche.Vgl»⇨grün1u.9«sowiedieWendung»sichdie⇨Hörnerabstoßen«.Um1900ausEnglandübernommen …   Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • greenhorn — mid 15c., “young horned animal,” from GREEN (Cf. green) in sense of “new, fresh, recent” + HORN (Cf. horn). Applied to new soldiers from c.1650; extended to any inexperienced person by 1680s …   Etymology dictionary

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