chock
noun
a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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On the contrary, they were all for Angela and the dog Aleck who was supposed to have chocked that "carroty warmint," George.
From Dawn by Henry Rider Haggard