chokey
Americannoun
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chokeys
plural
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a jail cell or similar place of confinement.
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Indian English. a police station; a customs or toll station.
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of chokey
C17: from Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī a shed or lockup
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An' I got it on good authority that they chanced three years chokey for perjury, when they was dummyin' for M'Gregor; an' all they got for it was the fright hangin' over them.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
Very nearly landed me in chokey, that did.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
"Makes a fellow feel kinda chokey, don't it, chum?" stammered Ted as he and Jack finally grabbed their bags and edged out through the campus gate.
From The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
We are however still in chokey at Ballaarat.
From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni
I fear, Mr Cutts," said Mandeville, in a deep and chokey voice, "that you have had too little experience of the vicissitudes of the world to appreciate our situation.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
Often the cost of installing the video equipment has to be recovered first, meaning that some chokeys will see no cash from video calls for years to come.
From Economist ● Jan. 22, 2015
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