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
They dared not light a fire, but chewed some of the tough charqui, and watched the distant cleft in the hills which led to the ardently wished-for goal.
From Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The reason for so preserving it, is the scarcity of salt, which in the districts where charqui prevails, is difficult to be got at, and, in consequence, dear.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
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
Homely indeed were the additions thus made to their daily ration of charqui beef, horse-flesh or kangaroo.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
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