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Chow

noun

The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism. Synonyms: Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty.

Informal terms for a meal. Synonyms: chuck, eats, grub.

Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China. Synonym: chow chow.

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"Chow" Quotes from Famous Books

... Johnny. "I guess every chap has a right to have a secret or two about himself and keep them. Pant had his and kept it. That's about as far as we'll ever get on that mystery. What say we go to chow?" ...

— Panther Eye • Roy J. Snell

... shams and unreasons which are the vested tyrannies set over us to-day. Erewhon, when we last hear of it, is about to become a modern colonial state. Its concern is with an army and with economics. Chow-Bok, the savage, now become a missionary bishop, is about to administer its ecclesiastical system. Its spiritual problems no longer center upon the validity of miraculous tradition and the logic of ...

— Definitions • Henry Seidel Canby

Words linked to "Chow" : chou, fare, grub, dynasty, spitz