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How to pronounce tenderfoot in English?

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Type Words
Type of beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro

Examples of tenderfoot

tenderfoot
The part of the unlikely villain, the pilgrim, the tenderfoot will be portrayed by Brendan Jones.
From the denverpost.com
He understands he needs patience as much as his tenderfoot troops in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year.
From the usatoday.com
Horseback riding, mountain biking, guided 4-wheel roading, tenderfoot cattle drives, fishing, kayaking and bird-watching.
From the chron.com
Gavin understands what it's like to be a tenderfoot.
From the ocregister.com
But it has enough kick that they don't leave it lying around where an unsuspecting tenderfoot can accidentally torch his tonsils.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Surrounded by unreadable signs in an new language, tenderfoot tourists may experience a Bizarro-World feeling of dislocation.
From the usatoday.com
If you're a tenderfoot looking to ride well, or a rodeo queen wanting to learn to work cattle, mounted shooting or team penning, Cowgirl Camp is the place.
From the sfgate.com
With all the agony that schools put themselves through searching for strong principals, an education tenderfoot might think it would take some very grave grounds to dismiss one in midyear.
From the nytimes.com
Ayad became a Boy Scout in 2003 and worked his way up the ranks from tenderfoot, to second class, first class, star and life, before reaching Eagle in January.
From the heraldtribune.com
More examples
  • An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
  • Boy Scouting is a membership level of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for boys and young men. It provides effective youth training in character, citizenship, and mental and personal fitness. ...
  • The Tenderfoot was produced in 1964 as a three-part live action television miniseries comedy Western film for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. It is based on James H. Tevis' book Arizona in the 50s. ...
  • An inexperienced person; a novice; A newcomer to the region in the old U.S. frontier days; The lowest rank of Boy Scout
  • A newcomer to the cowboy life; also called a greenhorn.
  • The first rank earned as a Boy Scout.