charqui
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of charqui
From South American Spanish, from Quechua ch'arki
Example Sentences
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She shared a shred of llama charqui, or jerky.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2010
If we can call charqui flesh, as I suppose we must, then we shall have fish, flesh, and fowl, all the three courses.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
Dinner-time came, for which meal John Manning had prepared a very satisfactory dish from some charqui flavoured with fruit and vegetables, and the boys anxiously waited again for some communication from the colonel.
From Real Gold A Story of Adventure by Fenn, George Manville
"And now, Lopez, what amount of charqui have we in store?"
From On the Pampas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The miners who work in the mine itself have twenty-five shillings per month, and are allowed a little charqui.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
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