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tenderfoot (formerly) a beginner in the Scouts or Guides Tenderfoot told that cowpunching is a cinch, is badly hurt when he tries it and is tossed. [Am. Balladry: “The Tenderfoot”] See : Gullibility How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Separating the tycoons from the tenderfoots is a difficult feat in a market on the mend. The cutline proclaimed "Employees at Classic Farms keep an eye on tenderfoots learning the art of hauling hay from a field in Smithfield, Maine. Yet we tenderfoots - make that tenderbottoms - had made it by horseback to the La Junta Valley. |
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