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Charqui

//ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.ki// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    jerky Central-America, South-America, US, Western, countable, uncountable

    "When it was dark, we made a fire beneath a little arbour of bamboos, fried our charqui (or dried slips of beef), took our maté, and were quite comfortable."

Etymology

From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.

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