chow line

chow line
{n.}, {slang} A line of people waiting for food. * /The chow line was already long when John got to the dining hall./ * /The soldiers picked up trays and got into the chow line./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • chow line — noun a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑queue, ↑waiting line …   Useful english dictionary

  • chow line — {n.}, {slang} A line of people waiting for food. * /The chow line was already long when John got to the dining hall./ * /The soldiers picked up trays and got into the chow line./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • chow\ line — noun slang A line of people waiting for food. The chow line was already long when John got to the dining hall. The soldiers picked up trays and got into the chow line …   Словарь американских идиом

  • chow line — noun Date: 1917 a line of people waiting to be served food …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • line — n. long, thin mark 1) to draw a line 2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy line queue (AE) 3) to form a line 4) to buck ( push into… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • line — See: BLOW ONE S LINES or FLUFF ONE S LINES, CHOW LINE, DOWN THE LINE, DRAW A LINE or DRAW THE LINE, DROP A LINE, END OF THE ROAD or END OF THE LINE, FOUL LINE, GOAL LINE, GOAL LINE STAND, HOLD THE LINE, HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, IN LINE, IN LINE… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • line — See: BLOW ONE S LINES or FLUFF ONE S LINES, CHOW LINE, DOWN THE LINE, DRAW A LINE or DRAW THE LINE, DROP A LINE, END OF THE ROAD or END OF THE LINE, FOUL LINE, GOAL LINE, GOAL LINE STAND, HOLD THE LINE, HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, IN LINE, IN LINE… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • line — See: blow one s lines or fluff one s lines, chow line, down the line, draw a line or draw the line, drop a line, end of the road or end of the line, foul line, goal line, goal line stand, hold the line, hook, line and sinker, in line, in line… …   Словарь американских идиом

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