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▪ I. chow, v.|tʃaʊ|
Forms: 4–5 chowen, 6 chowe, 6– chow.
A variant form of chew in all senses, formerly in general use, but now dialectal, extending from Scotland to the Midland counties.
1382Wyclif Deut. xiv. 7 Thei chowen code [elsewhere in the chap. chewen]. c1440Promp. Parv. 77 Chowen supra in chewen. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §23 It is the harder to eate and chowe. Ibid. §79 Euer to be chowynge on the brydell. 1556Abp. Parker Psalter 3 Verse harde in mouth while oft I chowde I spied therein no wast. a1774Fergusson Hallowfair Poems (1845) 13 What will buy her fairin To chow that day. 1786Burns Scotch Drink iv, On thee [John Barleycorn] aft Scotland chows her cood, In souple scones, the wale o' food! 1863Atkinson Provinc. Danby, Chow, to chew. 1887Stevenson Underwoods ii. i. 78 You, tae, maun chow the bitter peel. Mod. Northampt. Dialect, He chows tobacco always.
▪ II. chow, n.|tʃaʊ|
[Shortened f. chow-chow.]
1. slang (chiefly Austral.). A Chinaman. (Derogatory.)
1872in G. L. Meredith Adv. in Maoriland (1935) iii. 22 History does not report what induced the solitary Chinaman to take up his abode amongst the hardy Scots at Dunedin. Possibly this ‘Chow’ wanted to study economy in its higher branches. 1894Bulletin (Sydney) 5 May 13/3, I tole 'im 'e was a blanky Chow. Then 'e biffed me. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xv. 198 They're [rats] ez thick ez flees on er Chow's dorg. 1916C. J. Dennis Moods Ginger Mick i. 15 Noiseless Chows a-glidin' 'round wiv plates uv duck an' fowl. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. 690/1 The pearling-crews can get from Japs and Chows all the drink they want. Ibid. 718/1 Always have a Chow for your cook in these parts of the world. 1936M. Franklin All that Swagger xii. 112, I never saw a chow riding. 1945[see chow-chow 3].
2. Pidgin-English and slang. Food, or a meal, of any kind. Also spec. = chow-chow 1. Also attrib.
This sense is supposed to be due to the use of the chow (‘the edible dog of China’) as food by poor Chinese.
[1856Spirit of Age (Sacramento) 27 Nov. 2/2 Ah Chow—ah in the Celestial lingo means Mr, Chow something good to eat.] 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson 164/2 Chow is in ‘pigeon’ applied to food of any kind. 1892D. Sladen Japs at Home iv. 45 More chow..had been laid at our feet... This time it was..a sort of custard soup containing chicken [etc.]. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 209/1 The ‘chow’ served at the wayside tea-houses. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. 213/2 Here were pots of boiling oil, chow, and mushrooms. 1926‘M. Leinster’ Dew on Leaf 149 She took her chow-bowl into the kitchen. 1955Times 3 May 12/5 She derived much pleasure from serving visitors with Chinese ‘chow’ and merriment from watching them use chopsticks. 1958Landfall XII. 120 That night at chow time, Rankin called along to Tiny.
3. A dog of Chinese breed, something like a Pomeranian, usually black or brown, with a black tongue. Also chow-dog. (See also chow-chow 4.)
1889Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 2/1 One half the pack ran into an unlucky chow-dog. 1897Westm. Gaz. 18 May 2/1 The very chow-pup at his lady's feet looked impudent defiance. 1900C. H. Lane All about Dogs 303 The Chow,..with a short thick head and rather blunt prick ears. 1957Encycl. Brit. VII. 495B/2 A bas relief dated to..about 150 b.c. pictures a chow in a hunting capacity.
▪ III. chow
Sc. var. of choul, jowl; or chaw n.1 |