"new bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: new bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} new bug (plural new bugs)
  1. (UK, school slang) A new pupil. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fresher, freshman, novi (english: Tonbridge School), puny (english: Oxford University), shadow (english: Westminster School) Hypernyms: beginner

Inflected forms

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