chokern.
/ˈtʃəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈtʃoʊkər/ 1.
a. ‘One that chokes or suffocates another’ (Johnson).
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the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > killer by suffocation
choker1552
smotherer1648
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Choker, or who that choketh, Suffocator.
1859 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 194 I'll give that neck of yours a choker!
1873 Slang Dict. Choker or Wind-stopper, a garotter.
b. ‘One that puts another to silence’ (Johnson).
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1848 W. M. Thackeray Dr. Birch (ad fin.) A glass of water was on the table. I took it and drank it to the health of Anny Raby and her husband. It was rather a choker.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 352/1 She not being in the habit of pledging is a choker for them.
c. ‘Any thing that cannot be answered’ (Johnson).
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a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 87 Worldlinesse is a choaker and a quencher of the Spirit.
1757 D. Garrick Lilliput 34 That's a Choaker.
1883 Leland Snooping vii. 83 I do not think there is any of this in this last story, and that it is either a choker or a chestnut.
2.
a. slang. A large neckerchief which was worn high round the throat. white choker n. the white neckerchief worn in evening dress, by waiters, etc., and esp. by clergymen; often used allusively and sometimes put for the wearer.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neckerchief > types of
rail1482
whisk1654
neck stock1681
stocka1684
steenkirk1694
neckatee1706
bird's eye?1775
belcher1805
yellow man1812
starcher1818
choker1848
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs i. 7 A sham frill, and a white choker.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xiv The mother of the Rev. F. Hugby, as proud of her son in his white choker as Cornelia of her jewels.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) v. 49 In..grey coat, speckled choaker.
1859 Sat. Rev. 7 122/2 [Clergymen] once more encase themselves in the stiff respectability of a white choker, etc.
1864 Reader 23 Jan. 95 The platform array of stuttering nobodies in white chokers.
b. A necklace or decorative band worn close up against the throat.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > necklace or collar
wreathOE
chain1397
collarc1400
sarpe1429
carket15..
baldric1530
carcanetc1530
necklace1530
carcan1539
caskanet1607
necklet1641
lunula1719
throatlet1844
chapletc1850
dog collar1855
necklace-collar1859
mala1872
choker1928
1928 Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 13/1 A string of chokers is quite inexpensive, and can be worn with practically anything.
1953 A. Baron Human Kind 131 A white pearl choker showing off..her slender neck.
3. slang. = chokey n. 2: the lock-up, prison.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
1884 St. Jas. Gaz. 4 Jan. 12/2 He preferred to go to ‘choker’.
4. = choking coil n. at choking n. 2.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction coil > causing charge
choking coil1893
choker1902
choke-coil1909
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > amplitude > coil causing
choking coil1893
choker1902
choke-coil1909
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 233/1 Choking or impedance coils..called ‘chokers’.
5. A noose of wire rope or the like tied round a log for hauling it. Originally U.S.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > other equipment
bunk1770
headworks1823
rutter1897
hog1898
choker1905
spud1914
stumping powder1921
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 33 Choker, a noose of wire rope by which a log is dragged.
1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) iii. 42 He told me to put the chokers on the fir trees and to shout directions for the pulling.
1957 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. II (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 44 Choker, a length of flexible wire rope or chain with a connexion (shackle) for attaching it to the butt hook on one end and a hook..on the other. Note. A choker is used to form the noose around the log and hold it during dragging.
Derivatives
chokered adj. attired in a choker.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear
collaredc1405
barbeda1529
ruffed1548
wimpled1579
quilled-up1694
starch-ruffed1783
cravatted1801
neckclothed1825
bandanaed1831
boa'd1831
black-tied1848
mufflered1859
white-collared1860
chokered1865
comfortered1880
tied1911
1865 Look before you Leap I. 46 A white-chokered young Exquisite.
1866 London Rev. 7 Apr. 388/1 A whitebait waiter is admirably chokered.
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