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
Remember this Leadville was in the early Tabor period a camp largely of tenderfeet, who, released from the restraining influence of their Eastern homes, ran wild for a time; a condition exotic rather than indigenous.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Had the storm known that a crowd of tenderfeet were in the ranch wagon it could scarcely have produced a greater spectacle.
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
