Definitions for charqui

charqui char·qui

Spelling: [chahr-kee]
IPA: /ˈtʃɑr ki/

Charqui is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in charqui (achiqru).

Definitions for charqui

noun

  1. jerky2 .

Origin of charqui

American Spanish Quechua ch'arki

Examples for charqui

Then Guapo skinned him, and cut him into strips, and dried him into “charqui,” and carried him on board the raft.

Jerked beef came from the Spanish charqui by the law of Hobson-Jobson.

Come with me, brother; we will not part again; I have some charqui in my rancho.

The Spaniards of Mexico name it “tasajo,” while those of Peru style it “charqui.”

In Peru, as we have stated, it is “charqui;” but mutton cured in this way is distinguished by the name “chalona.”

Homely indeed were the additions thus made to their daily ration of charqui beef, horse-flesh or kangaroo.

After it he pitched several pieces of the charqui, and then descended himself.

Most of the beef imported from the La Plata, under the name of “jerked beef,” is not charqui, but simply meat cured with salt.

charqui is by no means a dainty viand; not nice either to the nose or palate.

The charqui or jerked beef of South America affords an example of meat preserved by means of being deprived of moisture.

Word Value for charqui
Scrable

21

Words with friends

22

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