“greener”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

greener

释义

greener¹ slang.|ˈgriːnə(r)|
[f. green a. + -er¹; but cf. G. ein grüner, a ‘green’ one.]
A ‘green’ or inexperienced workman; a raw hand: esp. a foreigner who has recently arrived in the country in search of work.
1888Times 20 Sept. 7/4 The master sweater gets hold of a new hand, a greener, as he is termed, and pays him a shilling a day.1890Pall Mall G. 3 July 2/1 So long as the influx of ‘greeners’ gives the sweaters an inexhaustible supply of labour.1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 48 He was a ‘greener’ of the greenest order, having landed at the docks only a few hours ago.1893Farmer Slang, Greener,..specifically employed of inexperienced workmen introduced to fill the place of strikers.

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