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Meanings of choky in English

British slang (dated) for a prison.

        Choky.

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                Usage of choky in English
                1
                To our intense relief an answer came back in a choky voice.
                King Solomon's Mines
                2
                She taught me to read with it. She sounded odd and choky.
                Enclave
                3
                I tell you, it made one a bit choky to hear them.
                The War on All Fronts: England's Effort / Letters to an American...
                4
                Jonathan cleared his throat, but even so his voice came out choky.
                A Tale of Time City
                5
                The girl was holding on to the parapet with a little choky laugh.
                The Lovely Lady
                6
                He go and fetch Mr. Meares-hetry put me in choky.
                The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913
                7
                I had a strange, choky sensation, and again I coughed, dryly.
                The House on the Borderland
                8
                A wedding is nearly always a choky thing, and Pauline's was particularly so.
                The Professional Aunt
                9
                I do not often feel miserable and choky, but I did last night.
                A Crooked Path: A Novel
                10
                The atmosphere on a summer day in these scenes is always hot and choky.
                The Recreations of a Country Parson
                11
                And she sang it in a choky kind of quaver.
                By Reef and Palm
                12
                With a choky little gurgle in her throat Aunt Jane fell limply against me.
                Spanish Doubloons
                13
                Rather choky, but still glowing, Nedda descended to her train.
                The Freelands
                14
                I ducked my head, unable to say more than a choky "Thanks."
                Enclave
                15
                It made me feel quite choky; and I could see that he, too, was moved.
                The Lady of the Shroud
                16
                The tired helper was suddenly too choky to answer.
                The War on All Fronts: England's Effort / Letters to an American...
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