tenderfoot
nounEtymology
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An inexperienced person
An inexperienced person; a novice.
A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
- 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.
A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
The neighborhood
- neighbortenderfooted
- neighborcheechako
- neighborgreenhorn
- neighbornewbie
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA