chechako

American  

[chee-chah-koh] / tʃiˈtʃɑ koʊ /

noun

plural

chechakos

1. (in the Pacific Northwest) cheechako.

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Example Sentences

After all, you know, you are still classed as a chechako.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

Without doubt he was, in the old phrasing of the North, a chechako.

From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by Wolfe, George Ellis

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 Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

It was rough country, it was reported, but if sour-doughs couldn't make the traverse from Larabee's in forty days they'd like to see a chechako do it in sixty.

From The Turtles of Tasman by London, Jack

"I can sure read and spell, an' I know that chechako means tenderfoot, but my education never went high enough to learn me to spell a jaw-breaker like that."

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack