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Definition of Cheechako
1. Noun. someone new to Alaska or the Yukon. Originally a reference to the Gold Rush newcomers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheechako
1. [n -KOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheechako
Literary usage of Cheechako
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Through the Yukon and Alaska by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1909)
"'Sour dough' and 'cheechako' are complementary. 'Sour dough' is the emblem of
the seasoned frontiersman. Being unable to procure yeast, the prospector or ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Harcourt cheechako in Alaska and Yukon, A. Cameron, C. $6 Stokes Chekhov.
The schoolmistress. Trans, by Constance Garnett. New ed. ..."
3. The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses by Robert William Service (1907)
"(t The Ballads of a cheechako" 1 Mr. Service makes the men of whom he writes in
this companion book to " The Spell of the Yukon" live in a manner so true, ..."
4. The Bookman (1911)
"Yet that was exactly the experience of Mr. Robert W. Service, whose Songs of a
Sourdough and Ballads of a cheechako have been read from one end to the other ..."
5. The Northward Course of Empire by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1922)
"Another good example is “A cheechako in Alaska and Yukon,” by Charlotte Cameron.
Mrs. Cameron also intends to be truthful, and scattered throughout her book ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"... and was philosopher and friend to "sourdough" and "cheechako" alike.
Inspector Constantine says, "When we got to Dawson the thermometer was 77° below, ..."
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