chokey
Americannoun
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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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chokey
C17: from Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī a shed or lockup
Example Sentences
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He's ugly and huffy, and smoky, and stuffy, And pokey, and chokey, and black as my hat.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 15, 1890 by Various
"So he must have been kidnapped or something after all, sir, or he would be in chokey now."
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
He could break the door in, certainly; but they would perhaps bundle him into chokey for that without asking questions—no great matter, only he was confoundedly afraid of being locked up, even in mistake.
From To-morrow by Conrad, Joseph
The conclusion: Three of the ring-leaders of the mob had been pounced upon, and were safe in chokey.
From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello
We are however still in chokey at Ballaarat.
From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello
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