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cheche (plural cheches)

A piece of clothing used commonly in 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.

cheche (Unified spelling)

cheche (ma class, plural macheche)

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+{{also|chēchè}}
 ==English==
+===Etymology===
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 ===Noun===
 {{en-noun}}
-# A piece of [[clothing]] used commonly in blazing hot [[deserts]] to protect oneself from the sun or [[sandstorms]].
+# A piece of [[clothing]] used commonly in 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...''
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 #*: ''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.''
+[[Category:en:Clothing]]
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 ==Mapudungun==
 ===Noun===
-{{infl|arn|noun|using Unified Alphabet}}
+{{head|arn|noun}} {{arn-sp|u}}
 # [[maternal grandfather]]
-[[Category:en:Clothing]]
+[[Category:arn:Family]]
+==Swahili==
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-cheche.flac|a=Kenya}}
+===Noun===
+{{sw-noun|ma}}
+# [[spark]]
+# [[slice]], [[piece]]
+# various kinds of [[fish]], including [[wrasse]] and [[tarpon]]
+{{C|sw|Fish}}
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