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chokey
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chokey has 1 sense
- chokey(n = noun.artifact) choky - British slang (dated) for a prison; Array is a kind of prison, prison house
CIDE DICTIONARY
chokey, 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]
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