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
A few maize cobs and a strip or two of charqui was all the travelling store in the scrips his pilgrims carried.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
"And now, Lopez, what amount of charqui have we in store?"
From On the Pampas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
There was the pashuba spear, which Munday had pitched in along with the strips of charqui; and there was another weapon equally effective in hands skilled in its use.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
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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