Meaning of Tenderfoot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inexperienced person; a novice.
   Canada, US
2. A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
   historical
3. A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“"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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