chowline

noun

chowline

noun

Etymology From chow + line.

1

A line of people waiting for food.

...men who had grown up in a world of dogtags, chowlines and mass organization.1974, Victor C Ferkiss, The future of technological civilization:
At lunchtime, the train stopped again, and an army style chowline was set up...1982, John Weitz, Friends in high places:

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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.2007 January 10, Anne Mendelson, “At the Temples of Food, an Outsider’s Look at the Sacred Texts”, in New York Times:

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