Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the canton Ticino (1913)
Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902, Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company · leaf 60
tservant. Thus, if one has been talking to a small child,its mother will tell it to say * chow before it goes away,and will then nod her head and say chow herself.The other use is a kind of pious expletive, intending Imust endure it, I am the slave of a higher power. It Rossura 53 was in this sense… … ROSSURA CHURCH PORCH IN 1879 mother, but—chow. She had great talents—chow. Ihad her educated by the nuns of Bellinzona—chow. Herknowledge of geography was consummate—chow, chow,&c. Here chow means pazienza, I have done 54 Alps and Sanctuaries and said all that I can, and must now bear it as…
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