“cheechako”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cheechako

释义

cheechako colloq.|tʃiːˈtʃɑːkəʊ, ˈtʃiːtʃəkəʊ|
Also checaco, chechaco, cheechaker.
[‘A Chinook jargon word, lit. ‘new-comer’: chee new; chako to come’ (Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl.).]
A newly-arrived immigrant in the mining districts of north-western North America; a tenderfoot, greenhorn.
1897Chicago Record 2 Mar. 4/4 Many a ‘Chechaco’ (tenderfoot) on his way to the mines..has thrown down his pack and struck back for town.1901Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 56 ‘Nome is a good camp, but too many cheechakers’, that is ‘tender feet’, new comers.1920Charlotte Cameron (title) A Cheechako in Alaska and Yukon.1922Chambers's Jrnl. 91/2 The Chechaco turns away with heart too full for words.1963Western Miner & Oil Rev. (Vancouver) Aug. 16/2 To many Cheechakos a shipment of a quarter ton of gold bricks represents most fabulous wealth.

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