chow

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Called chow-chow, the above is a common relish in this part if the world and is made of a few vegetables.

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  1. noun Any of a breed of heavyset dog originating in China, having a long, dense, reddish-brown or black coat and a blue-black tongue. Also called chow chow.
  2. noun Food; victuals.
  3. intransitive verb To eat: chowed down on the meat and potatoes.

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  • Tightly wound plaits of reddish hair topped a small pointed face vaguely reminiscent of a white mouse, minus the fur and whiskers Yes I wonder if I might trouble you for the chow-chow I passed her a saucer of this loathsome relish, and we introduced ourselves. —  FSF - March2006
  • Also known as chow-chow or piccalillli, this relish is great with sausages, pork, and ham, or serve it with hot dogs or burgers. —  About.com Southern Food
  • We also have vast stores of potatoes, a variety of frozen vegetables including carrots, broad beans and peas, a range of pickled vegetables including beetroot, onions, carrots and garlic, and a range of pickles including chow-chow (made from last summer's cabbages), onion relish, military pickle (cauliflower, peppers, onions, beans etc) and more. —  Musings from a Stonehead
  • Called chow-chow, the above is a common relish in this part if the world and is made of a few vegetables. —  Chow Times
  • Says he has never seen either of his three friends before; that one of them hails from (here she consulted the letter again) Hang-chow, another from Bloemfontein, while the third resides, at present, in England. —  A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
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Etymologies (8)

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  1. Possibly of Chinese Pidgin English origin.
  2. Possibly from Chinese (Cantonese) tsaāp, food, miscellany; see chop suey.

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  1. Var. of chew, chaw , q. v.
  2. Var. of chaw for jaw; or, with usual loss of final -l, abbreviation from chowl for jowl, q. v.
  3. English dial. Cf. chowter.
  4. Chinese.
  5. Hindustani chau (chiefly in comp.), variant of chār, from Sanskrit chatur = English four.
  6. Origin obscure, but prob. supposed by the users to be Chinese.
 

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