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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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