单词 | cheechako |
释义 | cheechakon.adj. North American colloquial. A. n. In the mining district of Alaska or north-western Canada: a newly-arrived immigrant; a newcomer. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > new cheechako1897 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > new or inexperienced cheechako1897 stubble-jumper1946 1897 Chicago 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. 1901 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 56 ‘Nome is a good camp, but too many cheechakers’, that is ‘tender feet’, new comers. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 Jan. 91/2 The Chechaco turns away with heart too full for words. 1963 Western Miner & Oil Rev. (Vancouver) Aug. 16/2 To many Cheechakos a shipment of a quarter ton of gold bricks represents most fabulous wealth. 1986 T. Fishlock State of Amer. i. 8 Rivalries between long-term Alaskans and newcomers, known as cheechakos. 2007 Alaska Sept. 9/1 They knew what I was—a cheechako who didn't even have the right gear, let alone the knowledge, to travel without being a rock around their necks. B. adj. (attributive). Of a cheechako; that is a cheechako. ΚΠ 1899 Portsmout (New Hampsh.) Herald 27 June 1/6 For two dollars each in chechaco money I unite this couple in matrimony. 1958 K. Nelson & C. Ford Klondy: Daughter Gold Rush vi. 92 Most of the cheechako mushers had trouble getting past the telephone poles along Front Street. 1978 Audubon Sept. 109/1 You begin to wonder if those peaks are as formidable as they first appeared, or if your cheechako imagination..had played tricks. 1992 E. Hoagland Up Black to Chalkyitsik in Balancing Acts 66 A cabin..built for some cheechako prospectors after the gold rush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1897 |
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