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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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A newcomer to Alaska or northwestern Canada, especially the Yukon [who has yet to overcome the severeness of a first winter].  2, record 1, English, - Cheechako

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Cheechako was used for those inexperienced woud-be miners who rushed into the Yukon Territory during the Klondike gold rush of 1897-1899, and so can be found, along with its antithesis "Sourdough," in the writings of Jack London and Robert Service ... In Alaska and Canada there are apparently many criteria that can be used to establish when a newcomer has surpassed the status of Cheechako, and the most popular one seems to be the Cheechako’s witnessing both the freezing of the rivers in the fall and, after the long winter, their break-up in the spring.  2, record 1, English, - Cheechako

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Cheechako was originally a Chinook Jargon word for "newcomer, "from "chee"(new) and "chako"(come). Russell Tabbert writes in his "Dictionary of Alaskan English"(1991) that this was once a term of outright contempt but recently has become one of "good-humored condescension. "  2, record 1, English, - Cheechako

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Antonym: Sourdough.  2, record 1, English, - Cheechako

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Surnom (pour lequel il n'existe pas de contrepartie française) donné aux personnes qui n'ont pas encore connu un premier hiver en Alaska ou dans le Nord-Ouest canadien, particulièrement au Yukon.  2, record 1, French, - Cheechako

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Par opposition, on appelle «Sourdough» les personnes qui cumulent les années de survie dans ces contrées malgré les hivers rigoureux.  2, record 1, French, - Cheechako

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish