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cheechakos

cheechakos is the plural of cheechako.

Meaning of cheechako

Noun

cheechako (plural cheechakos or cheechakoes)

  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.1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 41

Questions about cheechakos

What is cheechakos the plural of?
Cheechakos is the plural of cheechako.

Words near cheechakos in the dictionary

  1. cheechacos
  2. cheechaker
  3. cheechakers
  4. cheechako
  5. cheechakoes
  6. cheechakos
  7. cheechas
  8. cheek
  9. cheek bone
  10. cheek bones
  11. cheek by jowl

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