Meanings
nounfreshie (countable and uncountable, plural freshies)
plural freshies · alternative freshy
- PhilippinesUScolloquialcountableA 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.
1911 March, Zane Grey, “Out on the Field”, in The Young Pitcher, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 64 - AustraliacolloquialcountableA freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
- colloquialuncountablehobbiesFreshly fallen snow.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA new immigrant (usually to the UK).
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Origin
From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.
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APA
freshie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshie
MLA
“freshie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freshie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshie.
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