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Tenderfoot

noun

(pl. tenderfoots, tenderfeet)

An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living).

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"Tenderfoot" Quotes from Famous Books

... late in the day to allege a boil. What was the use of your remarking that the first backing of a colt is nothing—that, in this case, it is the second step that costs? The four fellows knew as well as you did—everyone except the tenderfoot novelist knows—that in nearly every instance, a freshly backed colt is like a fish out of water; stupid, puzzled, half-sulky, half-docile. It is at the second backing that he is ready to contest the question of fitness for ...

— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... results will at the same time enrapture and discourage a dazzled world. I will prophesy that some time those same enfranchised women of California are going to realize the danger of such a sight bursting unexpectedly on the unprepared woman tenderfoot. Then they'll rope off that dangerous area, establish guards at the corners and put up "Stop! Look! Listen!" signs where they'll do the most good. And as proof of all these statements, I refer you to that array of young gods, ...

— The Native Son • Inez Haynes Irwin

Words linked to "Tenderfoot" : tyro, beginner, initiate, novice, tiro