Definition of "cheechako" []

• Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon. Originally a reference to the Gold Rush newcomers. (noun)

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• "The cold white silence of the Yukon Wilderness plays savage tricks on the minds of cheechako and sourdough alike."
• "He remains cool, gathers dry twigs and branches, takes out his matches and builds his fire under a tree and ... well, we sourdoughs know the consequences of that foolish cheechako act."
• "Sitka Charley tells this story in – 68 weather, in camp with Bettles, Prince, Louis Savoy, and a young cheechako."