tenderfoot
noun
a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
tenderfoots
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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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It could betray to our peers the awful truth that we are still greenhorns, tenderfoots, newbies.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Oh, this ain’t no country for tenderfoots, son.
From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by W. Bertram Foster
I reckollect that they allowed we'd made a big mistake,— They otter knowed us tenderfoots wuz sure to make a break!
From Second Book of Verse by Eugene Field
It was a tranquil time, a time of lolling under trees and playing the wild game of mumbly-peg, and of jollying tenderfoots, and waiting for supper.
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
Expansive Kennedy looks askance at the tenderfoots who climb over his wheel.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
