Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
greeny . - noun Plural form of
greenie .
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Examples
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German artist Yutta Saftien has been installing knitted or crocheted plants, vines, and leaves -- which she has dubbed "greenies" -- in public places for half a dozen years, often starting a "plant" and leaving it, along with some wool and a set of crochet hooks, for passers-by to add onto.
TreeHugger 2009
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I want to know what these so-called greenies really have to say especially today, watching these pictures of Barack Obama there.
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Keep in mind that amphetamines - including the so-called "greenies" that were rampant in the 1960s and '70s, by all accounts - are now banned by MLB as performance-enhancing drugs.
The Seattle Times 2012
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"This is the first time so-called greenies and so-called rednecks have been united in something like this," he said.
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Small wonder, therefore, when you look behind the climate change propaganda, the energy companies rather than the greenies are the major pushers.
EU Referendum 2008
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Small wonder, therefore, when you look behind the climate change propaganda, the energy companies rather than the greenies are the major pushers.
EU Referendum 2008
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Small wonder, therefore, when you look behind the climate change propaganda, the energy companies rather than the greenies are the major pushers.
EU Referendum 2008
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Small wonder, therefore, when you look behind the climate change propaganda, the energy companies rather than the greenies are the major pushers.
EU Referendum 2008
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Alaskans love pristine wilderness, but many also have an paradoxical aversion to "greenies," which are loosely defined as anyone who thinks they know what's best for other people at the expense of "progress."
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal "AKMuckraker" 2010
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Alaskans love pristine wilderness, but many also have an paradoxical aversion to "greenies," which are loosely defined as anyone who thinks they know what's best for other people at the expense of "progress."
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal Jeanne Devon ( 2010
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