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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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... gay and most informal. Jack was at his best and gave us in inimitable satire a description of a luncheon at Newport in honor of a prize chow dog attended by all the high-bred pups of Bellview Avenue, including Jack's own bull terrier Scotty, which in an inadvertent moment devoured the small Pekingese of Jack's nearest neighbor, a dereliction of social observance which caused ...

— Paradise Garden - The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment • George Gibbs

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

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

... Not until the fourth day after leaving Tien Tsing was the blue outline of mountains perceived on the horizon. Pekin was now in sight; and on the 6th of August, 1793, the yachts anchored within two miles of the capital, and half a mile from Tong-Chow-Fow. ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century • Jules Verne

... know a place on Main where we can rent the scenery. Lots of fellers do that, and nobody the wiser. I don't mean open-face coats, neither. Just some good clothes that have got class will do fine. And we can git a shave there, and go to the Frolic and have some regular chow, bo, and listen to the tra-la-la girlies warble whilst we eat. Come on. Be a regular guy ...

— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower

... little, and didn't get up to-day. Pa's down to the corral, cussing mad. But I can cook you up some chow." ...

— Trailin'! • Max Brand

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