chokey
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chokey (comparative more chokey, superlative most chokey)
- Reminiscent of choking.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Chapter 4”, in Tom Brown's School Days:
- The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī) and Urdu چَوکی (caukī, “post, police station, etc.”).
Noun
[edit]chokey (plural chokeys)
- (UK, dated) prison
- (South Asia, historical) A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.
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