"chow hound" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999, Ronal S. Burris Jr., A Martian Adventure: We Can Go, page 120:",
          "text": "I'm Al and this chow hound is my son, Jason.",
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          "ref": "2002, Randall L. Braddom, Murder on the Rehab Unit, page 150:",
          "text": "He'd always been a real “chow hound” and looked forward to meals.",
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          "ref": "2010, Edward S. Clark, Gentry's Gamble, page 61:",
          "text": "Maury was a chow hound, and he knew everything and everybody in town.",
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