The members of the Ladies' Kennel Club, attended by a choice selection of carefully-trained chows, Schipperkes, Whippets and Griffons, garrisoned various outposts.
"The War of the Wenuses"
C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas
And as nothing militates against the fattening process so much as restlessness, the chief wish of the grazier is to find a dull, indolent sheep, one who, instead of frisking himself, leaping his wattles, or even condescending to notice the butting gambols of his silly companions, silently fills his paunch with pasture, and then seeking a shady nook, indolently and luxuriously chows his cud with closed eyes and blissful satisfaction, only rising when his delicious repast is ended, to proceed silently and without emotion to repeat the pleasing process of laying in more provender, and then returning to his dreamy siesta to renew the delightful task of rumination.
"The Book of Household Management"
Mrs. Isabella Beeton
They took prizes at shows, and Hermione did a thriving trade in selling chows to her friends, for sums that seemed to us extortionate.
"My Little Sister"
Elizabeth Robins