chechako
Americannoun
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chechakos
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It is not the face of Moncrossen, but of the great chechako of whom Jacques told us.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
After all, you know, you are still classed as a chechako.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
Wa-ha-ta-na-ta says 'all men die,'" he replied; "but—did not the chechako come into the North in the time of a great snow, and without rackets mush forty miles in two days?
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
No one had bet on Smoke, who, despite his several known exploits, was still accounted a chechako with much to learn.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
Without doubt he was, in the old phrasing of the North, a chechako.
From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by George Ellis Wolfe
Personally, he detested the loud-mouthed fawning chechakos, but as his association with them grew, his comradery with the real sourdoughs diminished.
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
From Stoell's Brent drifted to "The Nugget," where for a month, he dealt faro on percentage in a "limit" game—for with the tin-horns and the chechakos had come also "limits" and "table stakes."
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
I've seen some pretty raw chechakos, but never one like him.
From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Ain't you stopped to notice that Dawson's more'n twict as big as she was in August, an' that the country is gittin full of tin-horns, an' chechakos.
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Lead on," Smoke answered gallantly, "though I agree with you it's a darned shame all us chechakos are going to beat that Sea Lion bunch to it.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
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