cheechako

or che·cha·ko, chee·cha·co

[ chee-chah-koh ]

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noun

, Informal.

, plural chee·cha·kos.

(in Alaska and Northern Canada) a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheechako¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Chinook Jargon; chee “just now, new” from Lower Chinook čxi “straightway” + chako “come” from Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) čokwa· “come!” (imperative particle)

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Example Sentences

Before us and behind us the great Cheechako army laboured along with infinite travail.

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At Bennett the two great Cheechako armies converged, and there must have been thirty thousand people camped round the lake.

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The anxious Cheechako had vanished from the scene, and the victorious miner masqueraded in his place.

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No one but an arrant, thoughtless, selfish Cheechako will use a live growing tree against which to build a fire.

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