All 3 Uses of
tyro
in
Moby Dick
- At any time it is a strange sight to the tyro to see with what wondrous habitude of unconscious skill the whaleman will maintain an erect posture in his boat, even when pitched about by the most riotously perverse and cross-running seas.†
Chpt 46-48
- As she slowly drew nigh, from my lofty perch at the fore-mast-head, I had a good view of that sight so remarkable to a tyro in the far ocean fisheries—a whaler at sea, and long absent from home.†
Chpt 52-54 *
- When the proper time arrives for cutting up its contents, this apartment is a scene of terror to all tyros, especially by night.†
Chpt 94-96
Definition:
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(tyro) someone new to a field or activity