tenderfoot
noun
a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
tenderfeet
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pluralof tenderfoot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
James Antrim, of the King's African Rifles, splendid fellow that he is, cannot bear to see such ill-mated tenderfeet wandering loose among the lions, thirst and loneliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Robert Bartlett, last week, "tenderfeet, enthusiastic as hell . . . college trained men . . . with their background and enthusiasm they would know what to do when we got there."
From Time Magazine Archive
Other tenderfeet had done better, for in a few weeks some of them had cleaned up from $10,000 to $15,000.
From All about the Klondyke gold mines by J. Armoy Knox
