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Term for an inexperienced crew member
For Green hand disambiguation, see Green hand.
A green hand (also "greenhand" or "greenie") is a term for an inexperienced crew member of a 19th-century whaler on his first voyage, and who would typically have the smallest "lay", or share, in the profits.