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"ref": "1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37",
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"ref": "1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267",
"text": "The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.",
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"ref": "2001 November 15, Bungie, Halo: Combat Evolved, v1.0, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Pillar of Autumn",
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"word": "keltanokka"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "novičók",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "новичо́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "novopribývšij",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "новоприбы́вший"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zeljónyj",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зелёный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "salága",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"especially",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"navy",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "сала́га"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molokosós",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "молокосо́с"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novicio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprendiz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pipiolo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bisoño"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gröngöling"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"word": "singki"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inexperienced person",
"word": "acemi çaylak"
}
],
"word": "greenhorn"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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