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CHOKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chokey mean? 

CHOKEY (noun)
  The noun CHOKEY has 1 sense:

1. British slang (dated) for a prisonplay

  Familiarity information: CHOKEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOKEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British slang (dated) for a prison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chokey; choky

Hypernyms ("chokey" is a kind of...):

prison; prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)


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