subs. (old theatrical).—1. The curtain. [From the colour.] Also GREEN-RAG.
1821. P. EGAN, Tom and Jerry, p. 110 [ed. 1890]. It is far more difficult to please the company behind GREENY; I beg pardon, sir, I should have said than the audience before the curtain.
2. (university).—A freshman. For synonyms, see SNOOKER.
1834. SOUTHEY, The Doctor, ch. i. He was entered among the GREENIES of this famous University.
3. (common).—A simpleton; a GREENHORN (q.v.). For synonyms, see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
1848. E. Z. C. JUDSON (‘Ned Buntline’), The Mysteries and Miseries of New York, part III., ch. 9, p. 58. Anybody could know that these was took by a GREENY.
1887. The Congregationalist, 7 April. Jim said I was a GREENY … [and] that he had a lot of houses.
