What is "chowchow chop"

Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

2. A permit or clearance.

   Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.

   chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.

   Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.

   Grand chop, a ship's port clearance.
   --S. W. Williams.

chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.

1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.

   Syn: chowchow.

2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.

   Syn: chowchow.

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.

   Syn: chow, chow chow.

   Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.
   --S. W. Williams.