noun
Verb phrases 1.
food, especially hearty dishes or a meal.
2.
chow down, to eat; eat a meal, especially the main meal of the day: In the army we usually chow down at 6 p.m.
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Word Origin & History
chow
"food," 1856, Amer.Eng. (originally in California), from Chinese pidgin Eng. chow-chow (1795) "food," reduplication of Chinese cha or tsa "mixed." The dog breed of the same name is from 1886, of unknown origin, but some suggest a link to the Chinese tendency to see dogs as edible.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
And for us, that means using the slow traffic as an excuse to pull off the road and chow down on delicious food near the exit.
Several rice and noodle dishes range from shrimp fried rice to chow mien with vegetables.
And be sure to know which type of persimmon you're buying before you chow down.
Not necessarily so, though you can chow down if you wish.
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