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Definition of Tenderfoots
1. tenderfoot [n] - See also: tenderfoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenderfoots
Literary usage of Tenderfoots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"... the population is increasing very rapidly, and all the tenderfoots settling
and making homes in Southern California bring with them their cherry tooth. ..."
2. Panama: The Canal, the Country, and the People by Arthur Bullard (1911)
"Two tenderfoots ought to be able to make a two weeks trip on less than five
dollars a day. Unless they can speak Spanish fluently, they should hire a "boss" ..."
3. Klondike: The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers (1897)
"... but he had succeeded in getting only four helpers, every one else being bent
on getting ground of his own. "Two young 'tenderfoots' ..."
4. Outing (1892)
"There are four of us " tenderfoots." Our guide, Charlie Smith, a half - breed
Choctaw, formerly scout for the Texas Rangers, who was born in the saddle, ..."
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