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cheche

cheche noun: a piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.

Noun

cheche (plural cheches)

  1. A piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.
    • A pale khaki cheche or desert scarf became popular, worn in various ways at the commander's whim - either looped round the neck, crossed on the chest, or wrapped all around the head and neck...1999. Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion 1914-1945, Osprey Publishing, page 43
    • Mossa scrawled his name, pulled his cheche down over his mouth, and actually smiled. ... I wore a blue cheche to filter sand out of the air I was breathing.2003. "Outside" Magazine. Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure, W. W. Norton & Company, page 14

Forms of cheche

pluralcheches

Questions about cheche

What does cheche mean?
Cheche means a piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.
What part of speech is cheche?
Cheche is a noun.
What is the plural of cheche?
The plural of cheche is cheches.

Words near cheche in the dictionary

  1. chechako
  2. chechakoes
  3. chechakos
  4. chechaquo
  5. chechaquos
  6. cheche
  7. Chechehet
  8. Chechen
  9. Chechen Autonomous Oblast
  10. Chechen Republic
  11. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

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