What does chowchow mean?
Chowchow means A Chinese preserve..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A Chinese preserve..
2011, Barbara Hambly, Those Who Hunt the Night The drawer was crammed with a chowchow of bills, most of them yellow and cracking with age, letters still shoved into embossed envelopes which bore illegible handwritten franks instead of postage marks or stamps, and little wads of notes issued by banks long collapsed.
[…] some ten or twelve fellows were chow chowing and drinking, playing at the Chinese game with their fingers, shouting and yelling like demons.
chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)
Use chowchow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chowchow means A Chinese preserve..
Common synonyms include India relish, piccalilli, catsup, ketchup.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2011, Barbara Hambly, Those Who Hunt the Night The drawer was crammed with a chowchow of bills, most of them yellow and cracking with age, letters still shoved into embossed envelopes which bore illegible handwritten franks instead of postage marks or stamps, and little wads of notes issued by banks long collapsed.
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