new chum
Britishnoun
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archaic a recent British immigrant
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a novice in any activity
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(in the 19th century) a new arrival in a hulk
Example Sentences
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Roger gives Lane tips for wooing Mr. Jaguar, teaching him how to establish a strategic camaraderie with his new chum.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2012
Good opened a $750,000 line of credit for Bush, promised more and flashed visions of wealth before his new chum.
From Time Magazine Archive
How he must have laughed when the brand-new, fresh-minted, new chum left him!
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
Between two days, as you might say, and right soon after Mr. Norcross got back, we acquired a new chum on the headquarters force.
From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis
No, no! not with a vesta like a new chum, but with a fire-stick—so!
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
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