chechako

American  

[chee-chah-koh] / tʃiˈtʃɑ koʊ /

noun

plural

chechakos

1. (in the Pacific Northwest) cheechako.

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Example Sentences

But in the spending of it, men had taken his measure—the bills and the coined gold had branded him as a man from the "outside," a chechako—a tenderfoot.

From Project Gutenberg

The couple were Kitty, and a strapping young chechako called Moosehide Charlie, the name referring to an incident that had occurred early in the winter when he had skinned out a moose and, finding himself far from camp and no blankets, had wrapped himself in the green hide and gone to sleep.

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I'm afraid I'm still an awful chechako about some things.

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He's only been in the country a few weeks—a rank chechako—but try to put up with him, because stenographers are hard to get and he seems to be a good one.

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The butchering and cutting up of the two caribou took less than an hour, during which time 'Merican Joe found that no matter how much of a chechako Connie was in regard to the fur-bearers, he had had plenty of experience in the handling of meat.

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