chow-chow

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

chow-chow, n. 

•  chopped pickles in mustard sauce.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in north China.  [WordNet 1.5]

Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. S. W. Williams.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chow-chow, n.
1 = CHOW.
2 a Chinese preserve of ginger, orange-peel, etc., in syrup.
3 a mixed vegetable pickle.

Etymology

pidgin Engl.