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cook scow Hist. 
in the scow brigades of the Northwest, a scow equipped for the preparing and serving of meals.
See also: cook boat scow brigade
- 1914 To exchange a bed of boughs in the open for a small and usually stuffy cabin was of doubtful benefit, but this was offset by the comfortable saloon for meals, instead of the cramped table on the cook scow, where you sat on a sack of pork with the grease ozzing through it, and thought yourself lucky if you could find room for your feet in a half empty sugar barrel under the table.
- 1936 Ultimately in 1887, the Hudson's Bay Company introduced the use of a cook scow.
- 1914 To exchange a bed of boughs in the open for a small and usually stuffy cabin was of doubtful benefit, but this was offset by the comfortable saloon for meals, instead of the cramped table on the cook scow, where you sat on a sack of pork with the grease ozzing through it, and thought yourself lucky if you could find room for your feet in a half empty sugar barrel under the table.