Usually means: Inexperienced newcomers, often naive, unseasoned.
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  1. tenderfeet: Merriam-Webster
  2. tenderfeet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tenderfeet: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. tenderfeet: Wordnik
  6. tenderfeet: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (tenderfoot)

noun:  (chiefly Canada, US) An inexperienced person; a novice.
noun:  (historical) A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
noun:  (dated) A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
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