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charquis

charquis is the plural of charqui.

Meaning of charqui

Noun

charqui (countable and uncountable, plural charquis)

  1. (Central-America, South-America, US, Western) jerky
    • 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.1839, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches, John Murray, published 1913, page 273

Questions about charquis

What is charquis the plural of?
Charquis is the plural of charqui.

Words near charquis in the dictionary

  1. Charpy machines
  2. Charpy test
  3. Charpy tests
  4. charqued
  5. charqui
  6. charquis
  7. charr
  8. charra
  9. charras
  10. charre
  11. charreada

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