chow-chow /(chou"chou`)/

chow-chow

n.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
Chowchow chop
the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.