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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No. They would want to bundle me neck and crop into chokey.
From One Day More A Play In One Act by Joseph Conrad
We are however still in chokey at Ballaarat.
From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni
The descent from Buxa is gradual at first and not unpicturesque: after passing a small chokey about half a mile from Buxa, sandstone of a coarse nature commences.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
And Honor grimly, with grimness spoilt by chokey utterance: "Ah, handsome is as handsome don't make fine birds!"
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
That's the worst of being too happy—it makes people chokey.
From The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
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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