freshie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.
Meanings
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(Philippines, US, colloquial, countable) A freshman.
You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles.
1911 March, Zane Grey, “Out on the Field”, in The Young Pitcher, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 64:
- (UK, colloquial, countable) A new immigrant (usually to the UK).
- (Australia, colloquial, countable) A freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
- (colloquial, uncountable) Freshly fallen snow.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| freshies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| freshy | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
frosh (freshman) · newling · FOB · comeling (new immigrant) · fresher (freshman) · greener