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Definition of tenderfoot noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tenderfoot

noun

NAmE//ˈtɛndərˌfʊt//

(pl. tenderfeet

NAmE//ˈtɛndərˌfit//

or tenderfoots) (informal)

a person who is new to something and not experienced synonym greenhorn

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