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Word: tenderfoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marcos had told them. Instead of the one "small hill" that he had reported between them and Cibola, they found almost impassable mountains. Machetes had to be used to hack a way along roads he had called "good." But Marcos remained cheerful. What seemed like outrageous hardship to the tenderfoot caballeros was easy going for the hardy friar, veteran of long treks through Peru and Central America. Besides, he had his secret. The royal road to riches he had talked about back in Mexico City had been only a come-on to hasten the expedition. What Fray Marcos sought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New World | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...look over the 41-year-old cheechako (tenderfoot) who was to take his place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Assignment in Alaska | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...Tenderfoot. In Melbourne, Rodeo Rider Reginald Cakebreak tried his little niece's rocking horse, fell and broke his collarbone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...Tenderfoot. In Spokane, Maxine Mayther was granted a divorce when she told the judge that her husband "thought the height of entertainment was listening to The Lone Ranger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 11, 1948 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...When the tenderfoot later drew a Galoola Bird of his own, the Westerner pointed to a sec ond sign: HOUSE RULE - ONLY ONE GALOOLA BIRD ALLOWED IN AN EVENING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galoola Bird | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

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