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Wiktionary

  1. n. An American pickled relish made from mixed vegetables.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed.
  2. n. (Com.) A kind of mixed pickles.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger
  2. n. chopped pickles in mustard sauce

Examples

  • “She saw a lot of things that attract all tourists but what stole her heart was a litter of 'chowchow' dogs that a vendor was selling.”

    Writing on Air

  • “Sometimes spelled “chowchow,” some linked its name to nineteenth-century Chinese railway workers, for whom the term described a condiment of orange peel and ginger in heavy syrup.”

    Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

  • “That means beignets and crayfish bisque and jambalaya, it means shrimp remoulade, pecan pie, and red beans with rice, it means elegant pompano au papillote, funky filé z-herbes, and raw oysters by the dozen, it means grillades for breakfast, a po-boy with chowchow at bedtime, and tubs of gumbo in between.”

    Fictionaut: La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth

  • “Thanks for letting me know about your version with chowchow.”

    Dudhi - Chana nu Shaak

  • “As they become reddish brown - but not burnt, - add red chilies, chowchow.”

    ChowChow Thuvail

  • “And the chowchow thuvaiyal is a great idea, never tried that.”

    Balanced Breakfast

  • “Khatkhate, val val and chowchow are but a few examples of this talent!”

    Simmer and Stew - Khatkhate

  • ““The chowchow,” I said in slow, careful English, following his gaze to the particular bowl.”

    Simon & Schuster: Plain Truth

  • “There was a truckstop near the Melody Ranch where they put hot peppers and homemade chowchow on the tables that would burn the gut out of a locomotive.”

    Willie

  • “He took a spoon and heaped chowchow on top of his plate and poured hot peppers on top of the chowchow and stirred it into a mess that practically had smoke rising from it.”

    Willie

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