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Tenderfoot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An inexperienced person; a novice. Canada, US
  2. 2
    an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) wordnet
  3. 3
    A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West). historical

    "Watson had risen so hurriedly that he had not been careful about his “tarp” and water had run into his bed. But that wouldn’t disconcert anybody but a tenderfoot."

  4. 4
    A Boy Scout of the lowest rank. dated

Etymology

From tender + foot. Refers to the delicate feet of newcomers to ranching or mining areas. First attested 1866.

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