(chiefly, North America) An inexperienced person; a novice.
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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(historical) 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.
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(dated) A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
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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