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cheche - What does it mean?

Definition of 'cheche'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A piece of clothing used commonly in blazing hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.
  • * 1999. Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion 1914-1945 , Osprey Publishing, page 43:
  • A pale khaki cheche or desert scarf became popular, worn in various ways at the commander's whim - either looped round the neck, crossed on the chest, or wrapped all around the head and neck...
  • * 2003. "Outside" Magazine. Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure , W. W. Norton & Company, page 14:
  • Mossa scrawled his name, pulled his cheche''' down over his mouth, and actually smiled. ... I wore a blue '''cheche to filter sand out of the air I was breathing.
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