choke-full
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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A visit to the village in search of a lodging revealed its true state—i.e., that it was choke-full and dirty.
From The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 by Gleichen, Edward, Lord
He was choke-full, of course, of local Bismarck anecdotes and began to reel them off.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
“Good lack! how shall he ever win through this world, that is choke-full of geese?” asked Rachel cuttingly.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
He is choke-full of hope and life, notwithstanding the cold, and kicks his heels against the back-board, and would like to sing, only he doesn't know how his friend the silent guard might take it.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas
“And the place is choke-full of ’em, Charity says,” added Temperance.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
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