tenderfoot
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈtɛndərˌfʊt/
- Slang
:
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- The purpose of this comic opera on the White Earth Reservation was to scare the tenderfoot scouts and to initiate certain proud and proper senior scouts into the Order of the Arrow.
- Tenderfoot Scout
- Tenderfoot Scouts
- Tenderfoot Scout from Troop
Examples
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Besides, I love me some tenderfoots because they like to take a lot of breaks—you know, stopping to look around.
Blog text (7) -
I was invited that morning, with another, a tenderfoot, to earn my merit badge in compass reading.
Fiction book (1990) -
Oh, just some tenderfoot that needed looking after.
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Just hang in there, tenderfoot.
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Only a tenderfoot or a fool would walk into a trap like that.
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You're still a tenderfoot out there.
Fiction book (2001) -
Howdy, tenderfoot, and welcome.
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Mary Norman Haase is responsible, in a sense, for my best experiences in Cub Scouts and then as a tenderfoot in the Boy Scouts.
Fiction book (1990) -
I arrived as a tenderfoot in the Viking Council of the Boy Scouts of America in time to connect with a summer adventure at the Many Point Scout Camp in northern Minnesota.
Fiction book (1990) -
The seasoned campers were patient with the tenderfoot, helping him set up his tent for the first time.
Synonyms
60
4.7
A person who is new to a job or activity and has little experience
46
3.4
A person new to an activity who has little experience
9
8.4
A person new to a subject, skill, or belief
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tenderfoot comes from the two plain words tender 'soft' and foot, a name early American settlers gave to newcomers whose feet were not used to walking on rough ground. So a tenderfoot means someone new and inexperienced, especially in outdoor life.