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8/2/11

Tyro

Tyro
Pronounced:
<tie-row>

A beginner.  Someone new to a field.

My use:
 
I was a tyro computer programmer.  Now, I am an experienced programmer.

Literary use:
By Cowper
The management of tyros of eighteen is difficult.

Memory trick:
Ty – ro
Ty (reminds of) Tyke or child
ro (reminds of) row or level
child level

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