subs. (common).—A new, or raw hand; specifically employed of inexperienced workmen introduced to fill the place of strikers; DUNG (q.v.). Cf., FLINT. For synonyms, see SNOOKER.
1889. Pall Mall Gazette, 14 Oct., p. 6, c. 3. A howling mob of Hebrew men and women … in their own Yiddish jargon criticised the new arrivals, or GREENERS, in language that was anything but complimentary.
