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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

chow-chow

/(chou"chou`)/ · IPA
01 n. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
  1. 1.
    chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
  2. 2.
    a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
  3. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Chowchow chop — the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.
Syn. chowchow. — Syn. -- chowchow. — Syn. -- chow, chow chow.