Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character or actions of a greenhorn.

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Examples

  • As for Lady Afy, he execrated the greenhornism which had made him feign a passion, and then get caught where he meant to capture.

    The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1842

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