| Word | tyro |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A beginner, novice. |
| Sentence | As is common with dutiful tyros, their rackets were sheathed and framed, and they carried them not as if they were the natural and comfortable extensions of certain specialized muscles, but hammers or blunderbusses or wimbles, or my own dreadful cumbersome sins. |
| Source | Lolita, II.20, p. 248 |
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