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Definition of chow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chow

noun
 
/tʃaʊ/
 
/tʃaʊ/
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  1. [uncountable] (slang) food
    • ‘Time for some chow!’
  2. (also chow chow)
     [countable] a dog with long thick hair, a curly tail and a blue-black tongue, originally from China
    3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: shortened from of chow chow, pidgin English, of unknown ultimate origin.
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