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 Greenhorn (A).Greenlandman’s Galley. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Greenlander.
 
A native of Greenland. Facetiously applied to a greenhorn, that is, one from the verdant country called the land of green ones.   1
 


 Greenhorn (A).Greenlandman’s Galley. 

 
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