cheechako
noun/tʃiˈtʃɑ.koʊ/ · /tʃiˈtʃɔ.koʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from Chinook Jargon cheechako.
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:
- Synonyms
- tenderfoot, greenhorn
- Antonyms
- sourdough