tenderfoots
- plural of tenderfoot.
Example Sentences
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It could betray to our peers the awful truth that we are still greenhorns, tenderfoots, newbies.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
In Tent Avenue the news of his passing got about and presently a menagerie of tenderfoots were dogging his heels.
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
“Them friends o’ yourn, Miss Jinny,” Jimsey said, to Old Bill’s niece, “ain’t so turrible ‘Bawston’ as some tenderfoots I’ve seen.”
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Emerson, Alice B.
Oh, this ain’t no country for tenderfoots, son.
From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram
Speakin' of tenderfoots, I heard of one over to Eldara the other night that raised considerable hell.
From Trailin'! by Brand, Max
