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Synonyms for chow

Grammar : Noun
Spell : chou
Phonetic Transcription : tʃaʊ

Définition of chow

Origin :
  • "food," 1856, American English (originally in California), from Chinese pidgin English chow-chow (1795) "food," reduplication of Chinese cha or tsa "mixed." The dog breed of the same name is from 1886, of unknown origin, but some suggest a link to the Chinese tendency to see dogs as edible.
  • noun food
Example sentences :
  • He yelled from the bridge down at the deck, "Aren't we going to have any chow this evening at all?"
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • "Forget it for now, Wade, and get that chow on," suggested Fuller.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • "Any time and place you like, if you've got the chow with you," replied the trainman.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks » by H. Irving Hancock
  • "I'm going to watch my chow (food) after this," insisted Green.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Soldiers would not be soldiers if they did not complain of their "chow."
  • Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour
  • So he did not notice that he had omitted the final letter in Ah Chow's name.
  • Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London
  • "The honourable judge said that Ah Chow was to have his head cut off," he began.
  • Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London
  • The first sight that she had of the chow had been because of James.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser
  • Only, as she phrased it to herself, she could stand it a lot better than the chow.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser
  • But until she had seen the chow she had never bothered with the beasts.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser

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