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.
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Tenderfoot
Synonyms for "tenderfoot" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
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Translations
11 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- новобранец noun (novice)
Finnish
4 entries- arkajalka noun (newcomer in the old US frontier days)
- keltanokka noun (novice)
- kolkkapoika noun (lowest rank of Boy Scout)
- mopo noun (novice)
French
3 entries- blanc-bec noun (novice)
- pied-tendre noun (novice)
- pied-tendre noun (newcomer in the old US frontier days)
Italian
1 entries- novizio noun (novice)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
"Lavender Cowboy," a pseudo folk song, is a tale of futility. It tells of a tenderfoot "with only two hairs on his chest," whose heroic attempt to prove his manhood results in his death.
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