tenderfoot

Example Sentences

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But one month later the Times accused “all Northern California” of conspiring against “Southland,” sending agents to “spy out the land and send the tenderfoot northward.”

From Los Angeles Times

She was 18, new to New York, a tenderfoot in an industry said to eat its young.

From New York Times

Aiden McCleskey, a tenderfoot Scout from Boy Scout Troop 61 in Northwest Washington, wanted to “gather resources” for Ukrainian civilians who get caught in the line of fire.

From Washington Times

“Black” Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious, had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good-naturedly between.

From Literature

Once in the woods, teachers fell back, leaving tenderfeet to find their way together.

From New York Times