Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

chow-chow

chow-chow (chou"chou`) , noun

1.
chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
2.
a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
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.
Collocations (1)
Chowchow chop , the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. — S. W. Williams