Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freshie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: freshie
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage; Colloquial; Countable

noun

A new immigrant (usually to the UK).

British usage; Colloquial; Countable

noun

A freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)

Australian usage; Colloquial; Countable

noun

Freshly fallen snow.

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fresh

Usage

Inflected Forms

freshies (plural) freshy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

freshies

Synonyms

fresher frosh comeling FOB greener newling

Questions

What does freshie mean?: A freshman.
Where does freshie come from?: From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

How to pronounce freshie

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