See chowchow on Wiktionary
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese",
"path": [
"chowchow"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "chowchow",
"trace": ""
}
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