tenderfoot

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Etymology [edit]

tender +‎ foot. Refers to the delicate feet of newcomers to ranching or mining areas. First attested 1866.

Noun [edit]

tenderfoot (plural tenderfeet or tenderfoots)

An inexperienced person; a novice
A newcomer to the region in the old U.S. frontier days.
The lowest rank of Boy Scout.

Translations [edit]

novice

Finnish: vasta-alkaja (fi), noviisi (fi), mopo (fi), keltanokka (fi)

newcomer in the old US frontier days

Finnish: arkajalka (fi)

lowest rank of Boy Scout

Finnish: kolkkapoika (fi)

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