cheechako
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ/, /tʃiˈtʃɔ.koʊ/,[1] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Alaska" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. /tʃiˈtʃɑ.kəɹ/, /tʃiˈtʃɔ.kəɹ/[2]
Noun
cheechako (plural cheechakos or cheechakoes)
- Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
- 1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 41:
- 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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References
- ^ “cheechako”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ The Alaska Almanac: facts about Alaska (Alaska Northwest Publishing, 1989), page 23
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
chee (“new, lately”) + chako (“to come, to arrive”)
Noun
cheechako
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