chokey

/ ˈtʃəʊkɪ /

noun

1. a slang word for prison

Word History and Origins

Origin of chokey¹

C17: from Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī a shed or lockup

Example Sentences

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

Nirad: "I was buying chutney in the bazaar when a thug who had escaped from the chokey ran amok and killed a box-wallah for his loot, creating a hullabaloo and landing himself in the mulligatawny."

From BBC

And Honor grimly, with grimness spoilt by chokey utterance: "Ah, handsome is as handsome don't make fine birds!"

From Project Gutenberg

But dashed if this imported freak didn't suddenly nod with a sort of chokey snuffle and reach out her hand for mine.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg