freshie

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freshie

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From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

noun freshies · freshy

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.
Similar: fresher, frosh
UK, colloquial, countable A new immigrant (usually to the UK).
Similar: comeling
Australia, colloquial, countable A freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
colloquial, uncountable Freshly fallen snow.

Similar: FOB, greener, newling

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Similar: FOB, greener, newling

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@misc{freshie_2026,
  title = {freshie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/freshie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}