freshie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of freshie
C21: from fresh off the ( banana ) boat
Example Sentences
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“It was debunked in five minutes. Today the media’s out with a freshie: the animal hoax.”
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
To begin with I was only a freshie at Harmon.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
They began crowding about the confused, blushing freshie, pumping his uninjured left hand.
From The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
"Wouldn't the whole town—-including the Board members—-wake up, if they only knew that the whole thing was planned out by a fourteen-year-old freshie, by name Dick Prescott!"
From The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Three of them could hardly manage the tall, broad-shouldered freshie when it came to a question of physical strength.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline
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