cheechako

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ/
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/tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ/ · /tʃiˈtʃɔ.koʊ/

Definition of cheechako

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
    “And now this blonde, from Outside no loess, the rawest of cheechakos, the most innocent of Alaskan naifs, a literal babe in the woods, had asked a few simple questions and gotten the whole story, all of it, simply and succinctly and more, gotten it without attitude or resentment.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.

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