2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. ``A deep and choky voice.'' --Aytoun.
[1913 Webster]
The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
chokey — noun British slang (dated) for a prison • Syn: ↑choky • Hypernyms: ↑prison, ↑prison house * * * I. ˈchōkē noun ( s) … Useful english dictionary
chokey — a prison The Hindi chauki, originally meaning foursided, became a space surrounded by walls, whence a police station or customs house and then a prison: I ve got to cart Voluptia off the chokey. She s been interfering down in the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
chokey — noun prison … Wiktionary
chokey — n British prison or a cell. A word which was still in use in the late 1980s, although sounding rather dated. The term comes from the Hindi chauki, meaning a shed or police compound, and was imported from India in the mid 19th century by members… … Contemporary slang
chokey — n. (British) prison (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
chokey — (also choky) noun (plural chokeys or chokies) Brit. informal, dated prison. Origin C17: Anglo Ind., from Hindi caukī customs or toll house, police station ; influenced by choke1 … English new terms dictionary
chokey — Noun. Prison … English slang and colloquialisms
chokey — cho·key … English syllables
chokey — /ˈtʃoʊki/ (say chohkee) noun Colloquial a police lock up; prison. Also, choky. {Anglo Indian, from Hindi cauki shed} …
chokey — Prison … A concise dictionary of English slang
