DCHP-1 Online
tenderfoot † Orig. West 
n. -foots or -feet. a newcomer; greenhorn; tenderfoot.
See also: cheechako ((n.)) tenderfoots
- 1880 He was evidently a "tenderfoot," but . . . he made a strong effort to appear as if he had been born with a contempt for civilization. . . .
- 1909 . . . the Indians still point out . . . the site . . . where Sergeant Anderson rescued a dozen tenderfoots from drowning.
- 1959 He . . . earned for himself among half-breeds and Indians . . . epithets reserved for blundering tenderfeet.
- 1880 He was evidently a "tenderfoot," but . . . he made a strong effort to appear as if he had been born with a contempt for civilization. . . .