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Cheechako

//tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.

    "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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.

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