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chenangoes
It appears this word has left the English language. From the context of the book I am reading about espionage during WWI in the United States, it refers to stevedores. German agents used Irish chenangoes to plant bombs in Allied cargo ships.
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Re: chenangoes
Make a couple of changes and you get chimichangas, served in Mexican food restaurants. Coincidence?
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Re: chenangoes
I would say so, as it's most likely from an NE Indian word. I'm guessing a lot of the dock workers hailed from Chenango County here in NY.
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Re: chenangoes
Very interesting word!
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Re: chenangoes
I can't find it in any of the 1100 or so dictionaries on the web accessed by OneLook.
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Re: chenangoes
I discovered it in this book: Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum.
And no, this is not a submission to "Books That Should be Written."
And no, this is not a submission to "Books That Should be Written."
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