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noun

chow-chow n.

Chopped pickles in mustard sauce.

Synonyms: chowchow.

A Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.

Synonyms: chowchow.

A breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in north China.

Synonyms: chow, chow chow.

Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.

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Etymology of 'Chow-chow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chow-chow" Quotes from Famous Books

... brown, turning them over occasionally. Remove the outside skin, chop fine, add a small quantity of finely minced onion, pepper and salt and enough vinegar to moisten. If sweet peppers are used add a pinch of cayenne pepper. Serve as a relish in place of pickles or chow-chow. This recipe was given Marry by a friend who had lived in Mexico. The outside skin of the peppers may be more readily removed if upon being removed from the oven the peppers are sprinkled with water, then covered with a cloth and allowed to steam a ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

... Wo, No. 37 Chow-chow street, making up a lottery scheme—in fact we found a dozen others occupied in the same way in various parts of the quarter, for about every third Chinaman runs a lottery, and the balance of the tribe "buck" at it. "Tom," who speaks faultless English, and used ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain