cheche

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cheche (plural cheches)

1. 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)

1. maternal grandfather

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cheche (ma class, plural macheche)

1. spark
2. slice, piece
3. various kinds of fish, including wrasse and tarpon