Author: It was hard to tell under the dents and the paint job (or lack thereof), but the beaten, sputtering car Columbo drove en route to solving cases was a Peugeot 403 two-door convertible. Reports differ on whether it was a 1959 or 1960 model, but most agree there was little difference between the two. Though the Peugeot 403 was mass-produced by the French carmaker, the two-door convertible model was, in fact, somewhat rare. Columbo, played by Peter Falk, brags about that fact in the Season 5 episode Identity Crisis, saying there are only three of them in the entire United States.
Full Definition of TENDERFOOT. 1. : a newcomer in a comparatively rough or newly settled region; especially: one not hardened to frontier or outdoor life. 2. See tenderfoot defined for English-language learners.ull Definition of TENDERFOOT. 1. : a newcomer in a comparatively rough or newly settled region; especially: one not hardened to frontier or outdoor life. 2. See tenderfoot defined for English-language learners.
Origin of TENDER. Middle English tendur grant of a license, from Anglo-French tendre offer, tender, from tendre, verb, to stretch, hold out, offer, direct, from Latin tendere to stretch, direct â more at thin. First Known Use: circa 1543.2 ENTRIES FOUND: 1  tender. 2  tender annual. 3  tender-hefted. 4  tender-minded. 5  tender-nosed. 6  tender of amends. 7  tender offer. 8  tender of issue. 9  cage tender. 10  card tender. 11  foot tender. 12  fork-tender. 13  hook tender. 14  legal tender. 15  lock tender. 16  machine tender. 17  net tender. 18  nurse-tender. 19  skip tender. 20  switch tender. 21  texas tender. 22  water tender.