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Predictably, cheechakos and sourdoughs alike turned on the Zobels with the fury of one of the state's fierce Taku winds.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "cheechakos" of 1898 invaded Alaska for the gold and other wealth that were abundant; any later cheechakos were looked upon as claim jumpers and treated as such.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, I never got such a reception as they gave me, but I suppose they're cheechakos.

From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood