Word of the week - cheechako

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Please to share the word of the week

 

cheechako \ chee-CHAH-koh \  , noun;

A tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer

 

 

Quotes:

 

1. He is a genial liar, this Yukoner, and for the ordinary lies of life he needs make no effort; they roll from his lips as regularly and as smoothly as do compliments from the lips of a sour dough man in conversation with a cheechako  girl.

-- James Augustus Hall, Starving on a bed of gold: or, The world's longest fast

 

 

2. As a cheechako  to Hawaii I wasn't sure what to expect, but right from the beginning the crafters made me feel right at home.

-- Tanna Peters, "Craft encounters wherever you go," Capital City Weekly, July 2010

 

 

Origin:

Cheechako  is a Chinook word which has come to mean a newcomer in a variety of settings, especially Alaska and Hawaii

 

 

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