cheechako

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cheechako

/tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ/
/tʃiˈtʃɔ.koʊ/

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Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.

noun cheechakos · cheechakoes · chechako · chechaquo · cheechaco · cheechaker

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.
Similar: tenderfoot, greenhorn

Opposite: sourdough

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Opposite: sourdough

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"cheechako." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cheechako. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cheechako. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cheechako

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"cheechako." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cheechako.

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@misc{cheechako_2026,
  title = {cheechako},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheechako},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}