tenderfoots

Variant of tenderfoot

noun pl. tenderfoots or tenderfeet

  1. a newcomer to the ranching and mining country of the West, unused to the hardships of the life
  2. any newcomer, novice, or beginner
  3. a beginner in the Boy Scouts
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