Greeny

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zool.)
     1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also
        {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green
        olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the
        general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on
        the head.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "greeny":
     apprentice, babe, baby, beginner, boob, catechumen, chump, cinch,
     credulous person, cull, dabbler, deb, debutant, dilettante, dunce,
     dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, entrant, fall guy, fish, fledgling,
     fool, freshman, gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, gudgeon, gull,
     ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, infant, innocent, know-nothing,
     leadpipe cinch, learner, lowbrow, middlebrow, monkey, neophyte,
     nestling, newcomer, no scholar, novice, novitiate, patsy, pigeon,
     plaything, prize sap, probationer, puddinghead, pushover,
     raw recruit, recruit, rookie, sap, saphead, schlemiel,
     sitting duck, stooge, sucker, tenderfoot, toy, trainee,
     trusting soul, tyro, unintelligentsia, victim