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choky
CIDE DICTIONARY
choky, a.
- Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate. [1913 Webster]
- Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. Aytoun. [1913 Webster]"The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey." [1913 Webster]
choky, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.].
- A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
choky, n. (also chokey) (pl. -ies or -eys) Brit. sl. prison.
choky, adj. (chokier, chokiest) tending to choke or to cause choking.
ROGET THESAURUS
choky
Prison
N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.For further exploring for "choky" in Webster Dictionary Online
