Definition of Tenderfeet

1. Noun. (plural of tenderfoot) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenderfeet

1. tenderfoot [n] - See also: tenderfoot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenderfeet

tendentiousness
tendentiousnesses
tendenz
tendenzen
tender
tender-hearted
tender lines
tender loving care
tender offer
tender points
tender zones
tendered
tenderer
tenderers
tenderest
tenderfeet (current term)
tenderfoot
tenderfoots
tendergreen
tenderhearted
tenderheartedly
tenderheartedness
tenderheartednesses
tendering
tenderisation
tenderise
tenderised
tenderiser
tenderisers
tenderises

Literary usage of Tenderfeet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Summer and Winter on Hudson Bay by Charles Kenneth Leith, Arthur T. Leith (1912)
"At first we rather resented being treated like tenderfeet, but after ... For ithat matter, we were regarded as tenderfeet from the moment we struck the Bay ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"A Building that is Never Closed — Police-Station Lodgings — Cutting his Buttons off — A Dramatic Scene — Teaching the tenderfeet — The Duties of a Policeman ..."

3. A Tenderfoot with Peary by George Borup (1911)
"... THE tenderfeet A HEAVY wind from the south, on the 4th 2\ of September, drove the pack northward and opened up a lead near the land. ..."

4. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"... Luck Still Followed Him — Others Less Fortunate — Feeling of the Old Miners When They Saw the tenderfeet Taking Out Gold — A Little too Much — Hardships ..."

5. Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie: Stirring Scenes of Life in the Canadian by John McDougall (1898)
"Father pushes on for home in advance—Hard times for the "tenderfeet"—A plunge into icy water—My brother David gallops into camp—His high spirits prove ..."

6. The Boy Pioneers, Sons of Daniel Boone by Daniel Carter Beard (1909)
"CHAPTER XV HOW TO HANDLE A GUN—A LOT OF GUN DON'TS— GUMPTION FOR CHUMPS AND tenderfeet THE Sons of Daniel Boone can arm themselves with bows and arrows, ..."

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