cheechako
English
Alternative forms
- chechako
- chechaquo
- cheechaco
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.
Noun
cheechako (plural cheechakos or cheechakoes)
- Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
- 1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 41:
- And now this blonde, from Outside no loess, the rawest of cheechakos, the most innocent of Alaskan naifs, a literal babe in the woods, had asked a few simple questions and gotten the whole story, all of it, simply and succinctly and more, gotten it without attitude or resentment.
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Synonyms
- tenderfoot
- greenhorn
Antonyms
- sourdough
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
chee (“new, lately”) + chako (“to come, to arrive”)
Noun
cheechako
- newcomer, stranger