tenderfoots

Variant of tenderfoot

tenderfoot definition

☆ tender·foot (ten′dər fo̵ot′)

noun pl. tenderfoots -·foots′ or tenderfeet -·feet′

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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