tender-footed

I'm a cowman and a prospector, but I'm sure tender-footed on water, an 'they don't know punkins.

THE MEAT 2010

Gilbert should be ashamed of his moronic rant, not because it was racist, or because of any underlying hints of a master-slave relationship, but because such grossly asinine communications should remain the domain of tender-footed teenagers, and not grown men.

Yvette Carnell: The Method to Jesse Jackson's Madness 2010

Gilbert should be ashamed of his moronic rant, not because it was racist, or because of any underlying hints of a master-slave relationship, but because such grossly asinine communications should remain the domain of tender-footed teenagers, and not grown men.

Yvette Carnell: The Method to Jesse Jackson's Madness Yvette Carnell 2010

When, maybe almost an hour later I finally found her in the dark, she was surrounded by cactus, and too scared and tender-footed to move.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2007

Aware suddenly of his lack of shoes, Glen picked his tender-footed way back to the porch, past Stan, who was lying on the edge of the steps with his head between his front paws and his eyes on the empty barn.

A Darker Place King, Laurie R. 1999

We both came with sort of a tender-footed idealism about Washington, about politics.

Common Cents 1995

She took her hands off him and rested them on her thighs, balancing easily at the slow walk necessitated by her tender-footed horse.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

She took her hands off him and rested them on her thighs, balancing easily at the slow walk necessitated by her tender-footed horse.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

Passengers were many times "tender-footed," as the Texas Rangers call the Easterners.

The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail William H. Ryus

And the tender-footed fellows can stay at home with you.

Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads Various