chock a block
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See also: chockablock and chock-a-block
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chock a block (comparative more chock a block, superlative most chock a block)
- Alternative form of chockablock
- 2012, James Brock, Tailor Made, →ISBN:
- Which is exactly what I wanted because Mi-jami was chock a block full of smokin' hot 'ricans and Cubans and Caucasians and, well, men in general all ripe for the picking.
- 2013, Edward Wilson, Travels With Kirsty: In Search of a Different Life, →ISBN, page 75:
- We walk around to central world plaza, navigating crowded pavements chock a block with street vendors selling everything from fresh fish to meat on a stick to Thai beer.
Adverb
[edit]chock a block (comparative more chock a block, superlative most chock a block)
- Alternative form of chockablock
- 2010, Sue Allen, Life.....(in General), →ISBN, page 32:
- The cutlery increasing on the drainer, chock a block, While the sink is overflowing as the dishes run amok!