greenhawn

Updated: May 13, 2025

Ef they hadn't done nothin' ag'in' the law, I'd be the last one to do 'em a hurt. I wisht you could make that p'int plain in the piece you aim to write, so's folks would understand jest how I feel so's they'd understand that I don't bear no gredge ag'inst any livin' creature. "Ef the job was left to some greenhawn he'd mebbe botch it up an' make them boys suffer more'n there's any call fur.

Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb - From Place to Place