griner

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Definitions

  • n. A recent immigrant.

Example Sentences

  • "Jews who once were griners themselves had no compunctions about laughing at newer ones." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • Y גרינער griner from E 'greenhorn'

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      grine, greene, greener, grineh, greeneh

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