"chowline" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "chow + line",
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      "form": "chowlines",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1974, Victor C Ferkiss, The future of technological civilization",
          "text": "...men who had grown up in a world of dogtags, chowlines and mass organization.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, John Weitz, Friends in high places",
          "text": "At lunchtime, the train stopped again, and an army style chowline was set up...",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 January 10, Anne Mendelson, “At the Temples of Food, an Outsider’s Look at the Sacred Texts”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Yet apparently millions of us just love being nudged or browbeaten into particular chowlines by someone else with an air of authority, from weight-loss guru to restaurant reviewer.",
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        "A line of people waiting for food."
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        {
          "word": "chow line"
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  "word": "chowline"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "chow + line",
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    {
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          "ref": "1974, Victor C Ferkiss, The future of technological civilization",
          "text": "...men who had grown up in a world of dogtags, chowlines and mass organization.",
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          "ref": "1982, John Weitz, Friends in high places",
          "text": "At lunchtime, the train stopped again, and an army style chowline was set up...",
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        "A line of people waiting for food."
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      "word": "chow line"
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