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British slang (dated) for a prison
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choky
Word definitions for choky in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Choky \Cho"ky\, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.] A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc. [India] Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [India, or Slang, Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of chokey English) n. (alternative form of chokey English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. so tight as to tend to choke; "a choky collar" n. British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey ]
Usage examples of choky.
Nedda forced herself to swallow what she thought would never go down a dry and choky throat.
I felt very choky, but forced my way through, talking with a throat that did not seem my own, and sending out a voice I seemed never to have heard before.
Annette made funny choky noises, jerking her head, and Claudia was quire anxious about her for a second until she suddenly caught on to the fact that her sister was trying to tell her something.
He turned at the gate to look back at that russet mound, then went slowly towards the house, very choky in the throat.
Nedda forced herself to swallow what she thought would never go down a dry and choky throat.
Jolted by that unexpected approach, she let her head fall back, felt a river of liquid heat forge a path through her thrumming body and loosed a choky little moan.
He turned at the gate to look back at that russet mound, then went slowly towards the house, very choky in the throat.
And she blushed with he looked at her, and she sitting, her hands clasped around her knees and the shirt open at the throat, the cup of her breasts uptilted against the shirt, and as he thought of her, his throat was choky and there was a difficulty in walking and he and Anselmo spoke no more until the old man said, “Now we go down through these rocks and to the camp.