Johnny Rawn.
/ˌdʒɒnɪ ˈrɔː/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑni ˈrɔ/, /ˌdʒɑni ˈrɑ/, Scottish English /ˌdʒɔni ˈrɔ/, Australian English /ˌdʒɔni ˈrɔː/, New Zealand English /ˌdʒɒni ˈroː/ Now rare.
1. British colloquial, Scottish, and English regional (chiefly northern). (A generic name for) a foolish or unsophisticated man from a rural area. Also more generally: a naive (young) man; a fool.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant
chuffc1440
mobarda1450
lob1533
lobcocka1556
clown1565
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
peasant1576
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
loblolly lamb1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
champkina1652
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
country cousin1692
clodhopper1699
hawbuck1787
Johnny Raw1803
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
country jake1845
Hoosier1846
hayseed1851
Reuben1855
scissorbill1876
agricole1882
country jay1888
rube1891
jasper1896
farmer1903
stump jumper1936
woop woop1936
potato head1948
no-neck1961
1803 G. Lee Let. 24 Jan. in R. Hughes Fatal Shore (1987) v. 139 [Of the 440 prisoners..about half were] what they call Johnny Raws, i.e., country bumpkins in whose composition there is more of the fool than the rogue.
1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 169 What a Johnny-raw he must be, to swallow a tale o' that soart!
1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 9 Had Doddy rued it efter a', The measly-shankit Johnny-Raw!
1967 C. Stead Cotters' Eng. 226 I think I cut a dash in Fleet Street; but perhaps they're just tolerating a Johnny Raw.
2. Nautical and Military. (A generic name for) a new recruit; a novice.
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society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
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intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
1823 E. Hall in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1395 There were some Johnny Raws on board.
1870 Standard 4 July 5/2 A huge army of ‘Johnny Raws’.
1956 A. Norton Stand to Horse i. 6 Hi, there, Johnny Raw! Green as they come, ain't he fellas?
3. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. (A generic name for) a newly arrived immigrant; a person newly arrived in an area. Cf. new chum n. 2. Now historical.
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1829 Sydney Gaz. 26 Mar. If you ever hint that a Corn-stalk is a Johnny Raw,..ten to one you are compelled to eat in [sic] your words.
1888 Riverine Grazier (New S. Wales) 16 Mar. ‘Hallo!’ he says, ‘my Johnny Raw, what the d—l brings you here?’.. I'm a Jackaroo just out from the old countree.
1975 M. Thornton It's Jackaroo's Life 20 Johnny Raw, the original title of new chum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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