raw recruit

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raw recruit

a new, inexperienced, or fresh recruit, such as someone just entering the army, navy, police, etc. These boys are nothing but raw recruits. They've never seen a gun up close!

See also: raw, recruit

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Making his way to Nashville, already occupied by the Army of General Buell, he enlisted in the first organization that he found, a Kentucky regiment of cavalry, and in due time passed through all the stages of military evolution from raw recruit to experienced trooper. Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Not the raw recruit, marching from the bosom of his wife into the fever heat of his first battle; not the dead man's ghost encountering the first unknown phantom in the other world; --neither of these can feel stranger and stronger emotions than that man does, who for the first time finds himself pulling into the charmed, churned circle of the hunted sperm whale. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Well, I was pretty proud at having this small command given me, since I was a raw recruit, and a game-legged one at that. Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			rate rate above rate among rate as rate at rate below rate with rather ration out Rats abandon a sinking ship rattle rattle around in rattle away rattle cage rattle off rattle on rattle saber raunch out rave rave about rave over raving ravished with delight raw raw deal raw recruit ray raze to the ground razzle razzle-dazzle reach reach a compromise reach a conclusion reach an accord reach an impasse reach an understanding with reach back to reach boiling point reach down reach for reach for the moon reach for the sky reach in reach out reach out into reach out to reach stride reach to reach toward reach up to react			Raw Materials Data Raw Materials Division Raw Materials Group Raw Materials Index Raw Materials Information System Raw Materials Price Index Raw Materials Research and Development Council Raw Materials Research Center Raw Materials Surcharge raw meat Raw Meaty Bone raw milk raw milk raw mode Raw Native Interface raw oysters Raw Pack raw Pairwise Variability Index Raw Paleolithic diet Raw pig Raw Portable Grayscale Map Raw Portable Pixel Map Raw Power in Motion Raw Processing Time Raw Radar Data Recorder raw recruit Raw score Raw Sensor Data Raw sewage Raw sewage raw sienna raw sienna raw silk raw silk raw sludge Raw socket Raw sockets raw talent raw throat raw umber raw umber raw umbers raw umbers raw vegetable Raw Vegetarian meal Raw Waste Storage Raw water Raw water Raw Water Injection Raw Water Intake Raw Water Intake Structure Raw Water Line Raw Water Master Plan Raw Water Pump Station Raw Water Reservoir Raw Water Tank

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