亚洲网紅露点

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cheechako

or 肠丑别路肠丑补路办辞, 肠丑别别路肠丑补路肠辞

[ chee-chah-koh ]

noun

Informal.
plural cheechakos.
  1. (in Alaska and Northern Canada) a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cheechako1

First recorded in 1895鈥1900; from Chinook Jargon; chee 鈥渏ust now, new鈥 from Lower Chinook 膷虫颈 鈥渟traightway鈥 + chako 鈥渃ome鈥 from Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 膷辞办飞补路 鈥渃ome!鈥 (imperative particle)
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Example Sentences

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The ferry bar is a place where the pipeline welder and legislative lawyer talk, where a cheechako can meet and get to know someone born and raised in Angoon.

From

If he鈥檚 enthusiastic about Alaska life, he鈥檚 also admittedly a bit of a cheechako.

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Ballads of a Cheechako. 12th Impression.

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Cheechako is not Eskimo for "tenderfoot."

After repeating his first success with Ballads of a Cheechako and a popular novel of the Gold Rush, The Trail of '98, he was free to live and wander as he liked.

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