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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

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

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

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

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

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

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

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

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A special name for an Alaskan or northwestern Canadian especially in the Yukon with lots of years and experience in the area.  2, record 2, English, - Sourdough

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Russell Tabbert says in his "Dictionary of Alaskan English" (1991) that the term comes from the importance of sourdough bread in the diets of the early prospectors and miners. Since at least the 1960s the popular folk explanation is that it describes someone who "is sour on the country but doesn’t have enough dough to leave."  2, record 2, English, - Sourdough

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

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

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Surnom (pour lequel il n'existe pas de contrepartie française) donné aux personnes qui ont survécu à leur premier hiver en Alaska ou dans le Nord-Ouest canadien, particulièrement au Yukon, et qui, depuis, cumulent les années d'expérience et de survie malgré la rigueur du climat hivernal.  2, record 2, French, - Sourdough

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Par opposition, on appelle «Cheechako» les nouveaux arrivants qui n'ont pas encore passé un premier hiver dans ces contrées.  2, record 2, French, - Sourdough

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish