chow-chow

3 definitions found

chow-chow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), a. [Chin.]
     Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as,
     chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
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  chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
     1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
  
     Syn: chowchow.
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     2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
  
     Syn: chowchow.
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     3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy
        curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed
        to have originated in north China.
  
     Syn: chow, chow chow.
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     Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry
        packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams.
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  Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), n. (Com.)
     A kind of mixed pickles.
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