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noun

Chow n.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.

A breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; same as chowchow 3, n..

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chow" Quotes from Famous Books

... CHOW.—Still another relish in which a variety of vegetables is used is chow chow. This relish is well and favorably known to housewives for the zest it ...

— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... Nanking), and there, along with the Indian Sramana Buddha-bhadra, executed translations of some of the works which he had obtained in India; and that before he had done all that he wished to do in this way, he removed to King-chow (in the present Hoo-pih), and died in the monastery of Sin, at the age of eighty-eight, to the great sorrow of all who knew him. It is added that there is another larger work giving an account of ...

— Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms • Fa-Hien

... the avenue, we come to what was once a clearing in the forest. Instead of the simple cabin, there are now a variety of buildings: a small store whose owner, a French Canadian, carries on a thriving business; opposite, a restaurant owned by two yellow Chinese, who specialize in chow-mein; next door, the establishment of a husky Yankee, who plies his trade by greasing automobiles and supplying gasoline ...

— The 1926 Tatler • Various

... Now she moved about Russia with a maid and a wee little dog and numberless trunks, frivolously seeking her pleasure. Her eyes were black and glittering, and her mouth red and thin and flexible. She had caressing, spoiled ways with every one from the American whom she called "Meester" to her chow dog, and all she asked from any one ...

— Trapped in 'Black Russia' - Letters June-November 1915 • Ruth Pierce

... eatin' crab-meat salad there at Yancey's," declared Ikey Rosenmeyer. "That's nice chow to go ...

— Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns - Sinking the German U-Boats • Halsey Davidson

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