What is the meaning of GREEN. Phrases containing GREEN
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Green welly is British slang for upper−middle class.
Greens (shortened from greengages) is London Cockney rhyming slang for wages. Greens is British slang for sexual fulfilment.
Greenie was British slang for a pound note. Greenie is British slang for nasal mucus. Greenie is British slang for a naïve person.Greenie is American slang for the beer Heineken. Greenie is American slang for an environmentalist.
Greens and brussels is London Cockney rhyming slang for muscles.
Greenback green is American slang for someone willing to spend money on environmental issues and environmentally sound products.
Greengages is London Cockney rhyming slang for wages.
Greenmail is slang for money paid by a company to thwart the efforts of those attempting a takeover.
Greenback is American slang for notes from a dollar upwards.
Greeny is slang for nasal mucous.
members of the Special Forces of the U.S. Army. They were awarded the green beret headgear as a mark of distinction. Pg. 511. Also referred to as Green Beanies. (See Special Forces.)
Clear signal. (At the time Cy Warman wrote his celebrated poem, "I Hope the Lights Are White," the clear signal was white and green meant caution. This was changed years ago because of the fact that when a red or green signal lens broke or fell out it exposed a white, thus giving a clear board to engineers even though the signal itself was set to stop or go slow)
Greenacre is British slang for an accident.
Green stuff is slang for money.
Greengage is British theatre rhyming slang for the stage.
Greenhorn is American slang for an inexperienced and unsophisticated person.
Green welly brigade is British derogatory slang for wealthy townspeople who visit the country at weekends.
Greenlock is American slang for traffic congestion surrounding national parks and forests during the high tourist season.
Green thumb is American slang for someone with a natural talent for gardening.
Greenwashing is slang for a company's extensive public relations efforts to convince consumers or investors that it is environmentally friendly
Greener is British slang for a naïve person.
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A native of Greenland.
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With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.
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Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.
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Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.
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Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
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Of a green color.
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Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
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A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.
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The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.
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l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
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Turf green with grass.
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A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
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A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.
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A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
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The state or quality of being green; verdure.
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Sea-green in color.
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See Greenbroom.
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