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Once in the woods, teachers fell back, leaving tenderfeet to find their way together.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

But there’s an advantage to being a freshman in a big class like this one — as tenderfeet, they’re not bound by deals and pacts made in previous sessions.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2011

And as long as a fresh herd of tenderfeet are ready to jump on the country-line bandwagon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Idaho, which has almost twice as much trout water as California and Oregon combined, and only about a tenth as many fishermen, has plenty of other streams where tenderfeet can do better.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would be taking too great an advantage over the tenderfeet scouts, who had everything to learn as yet.

From Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol by Douglas, Alan