tenderfeet
tenderfeet is the plural of tenderfoot.
Meaning of tenderfoot
Noun
tenderfoot (plural tenderfeet or tenderfoots)
- An inexperienced person; a novice.
- Synonyms:
- abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, amateur, beginner, bun, colt, first-timer, fledgling, FNG
- 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.1914, Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 173
- A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
Questions about tenderfeet
- What is tenderfeet the plural of?
- Tenderfeet is the plural of tenderfoot.
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