CHOW CHOW

[chow chow] n, often cap both Cs [perh. fr. chow-chow Chinese person, fr. Chin Pidgin E chowchow food] (1886): any of a breed of heavy-coated blocky dogs of Chinese origin having a broad head and muzzle, a distinctive blue-black tongue and black-lined mouth, and either a long dense coat with a full ruff or a short smooth coat--called also chow