"Greenhorn" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... greenhorn, see if that will teach you better than to explode your infernal fire-crackers in my ...
— A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career. Life of Hon. Phineas T. • Joel Benton
... knowin' the tricks of the varmints," said Dick, coolly, as he handed his rifle to Archie, and proceeded to disarm Antoine. "If I had been a greenhorn, I should have been well-nigh choked to death by this time; but a man who has seed prairy life, soon larns that his ears was made for use as well as his eyes. Now, little un, whar's the rest of ...
— Frank Among The Rancheros • Harry Castlemon
... she had her way, and we were married; And the next day all Wall Street was aroused By news that brave Papa had won renown Not simply as a bankrupt, but a swindler, Escaping, by the skin of his teeth, the Tombs. 'No matter! Papa has a son-in-law, A greenhorn, as they say, who occupies A stately house on the Fifth Avenue, And, in his hall, Papa will hang his hat.' And, in all this, ...
— The Woman Who Dared • Epes Sargent
... considerable distance. He searched hither and thither, straining his eyes anxiously through the bewildering gloom of the forest, but never a notched tree could he see. Whereupon Dol Farrar called himself some pretty hard names. He remarked that he had been a "hair-brained fool" and a "greenhorn" ever to leave the spotted track, but that he wasn't going to be "downed;" he would ...
— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook
... "Greenhorn, aincha? Okay, I'll take you with me. We go out in the tubes and pull the lining. I pry up the stuff, you carry it back here and ...
— Badge of Infamy • Lester del Rey
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