'Chowchow chop' definitions:
Definition of 'Chowchow chop'
From: GCIDE
- chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
- 1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
- Syn: chowchow. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
- Syn: chowchow. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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.
- Syn: chow, chow chow. [WordNet 1.5]
- Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chowchow chop'
From: GCIDE
- Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A permit or clearance. [1913 Webster]
- Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
- chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.
- Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.
- Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]