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British slang (dated) for a prison
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chokey
Word definitions for chokey in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. ``A deep and choky voice.'' --Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. Reminiscent of choke. Etymology 2 n. 1 (context dated British English) prison 2 (context India historical English) A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: choky ]
Usage examples of chokey.
The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door.
So they can clap innocent citizens into chokey and notch up another conviction on their collective braces!
Some dotty girl only has to say you did it and you trot off to chokey without asking embarrassing questions .
If the damned Furies had just held their horses a few minutes longer and attacked the Voyager after the away team was slapped in chokey, the favored might never have guessed that the pins were devices.
The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door.
Some dotty girl only has to say you did it and you trot off to chokey without asking embarrassing questions .
Next time you stop before it's all finished you'll go straight into The Chokey and I shall lock the door and throw the key down the well!
Down at the Old Bailey, that backward and primitive place, no villain can be sent down to chokey as a result of a leading question, or a bit of gossip in the saloon bar, or what a child said to a social worker and wasn't even cross-examined.
TThat way he'd join the upper crust in chokey and be treated like.