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Definition of Chokey
1. Noun. British slang (dated) for a prison.
Definition of Chokey
1. Noun. (dated British) prison ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chokey
1. choky [adj CHOKIER, CHOKIEST] - See also: choky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokey
Literary usage of Chokey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"At the chokey called Tow, where the Duty formerly was levied in lead, it shall
now be levied in silver, that is, one takal shall be paid by each boat for ..."
2. A Dictionary, Burmese and English by Adoniram Judson (1852)
"ooS» 2, n. a watch house, sentry post, chokey. ... paid at a chokey station.
so», n. one who lives on the revenue of a chokey station. ; v. to stand sentry, ..."
3. Notes on Indian Affairs by Frederick John Shore (1837)
"unconnected with trade suffer, surpass belief; not an individual can pass a chokey
without being subjected to every kind of annoyance which the ingenuity of ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"See chokey. 1884. SI. James's Gazelle, Jan, 4, p. 12, col. He preferred to go to
CHOKER. 5. ... The Queen's Bench prison has been called the QUEEN s chokey. ..."
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