tenderfoot

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tenderfoot (plural tenderfeet or tenderfoots)

1. An inexperienced person; a novice
2. (historical) A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
3. A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.

Translations

novice

• Finnish: vasta-alkaja (fi), noviisi (fi), mopo (fi), keltanokka (fi)
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• Italian: novizio (it)

newcomer in the old US frontier days

• Finnish: arkajalka (fi)
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lowest rank of Boy Scout

• Finnish: kolkkapoika (fi)
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See also

• cheechako
• greenhorn
• newbie