rookie
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| informal an inexperienced person or newcomer, esp a raw recruit in the army | |
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Rookie
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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rookie definition[ˈrʊki]and rooky
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The job went to a rookie because no one else had the courage for it.
Their owners are less experienced in business, so may make rookie mistakes.
If there's anything we're learning about the rookie, it's that he doesn't panic when he misses.
Rookie controllers, antiquated equipment, and federal mismanagement combine to produce inefficiency and danger.
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