Definition of Chowses

1. chowse [v] - See also: chowse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chowses

chowed
chowhound
chowhounds
chowing
chowkidar
chowkidars
chowline
chowlines
chowri
chowries
chowris
chowry
chows
chowse
chowsed
chowses (current term)
chowsing
chowtime
chowtimes
choy sum
chrch
chrematistic
chrematistics
chreotechnics
chresard
chresards
chresmologue
chresmologues
chrestomathic
chrestomathies

Literary usage of Chowses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"This makes him venture to talk and scribble, as chowses do to play with cunning Gamesters, until they are cheated and laughed at. ..."

2. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of by Oliver Goldsmith (1837)
"This makes him venture to talk and scribble, as chowses do to play with cunning gamesters, until they are cheated and laughed at. ..."

3. Analyse des travaux de la Société des Philobiblon de Londres by Octave Joseph Delepierre, Philobiblon society (1862)
"Mémoires sur sa Cour 108 Chasse.—Poème sur la chasse ... 39 Chénier.—Sa tragédie du Charles IX. 49 Chine.—De l'imprimerie en ce pays . 22 chowses ..."

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