How To Use chokey In A Sentence
- Other examples of the same phenomenon include: chokey ` customs station 'and chowk ` marketplace,' from cauki ` marketplace '; mulmul (see above) and mull ` soft thin muslin,' from malmal (see above); pandit ` scholar; man held in high respect 'and pundit ` very learned; authoritative commentator,' from pandit ` wise, learned '; and numdah ` thick felt rug' and numnah VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
- He packed off the burglar for a lengthy spell in the chokey, and settled down for his third trial of the day.
- So, unless that kitten is 15 the father is gong to chokey. Datz it, junior - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- Ever since British New Wavers Ian Dury and the Blockheads scored with their 1979 single Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) -- which celebrated people like Elvis and the Marx Brothers and pleasures like Ploughman's sandwiches (cheddar cheese and a pickle) and "coming out of chokey" (solitary confinement) -- inquiring minds have wondered about parts one and two. Michael Sigman: Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 1)
- If you notice the camerawork is a bit shaky and there are some snorty, chokey sounds in the background, it's because he let me hold the Flip camera and I was kinda laughing. Link-mad Monday
- He opted for chokey instead of a £500 fine and is currently out on appeal.
- Other examples of the same phenomenon include: chokey ` customs station 'and chowk ` marketplace,' from cauki ` marketplace '; mulmul (see above) and mull ` soft thin muslin,' from malmal (see above); pandit ` scholar; man held in high respect 'and pundit ` very learned; authoritative commentator,' from pandit ` wise, learned '; and numdah ` thick felt rug' and numnah VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
- The feds, or their local agents, will be waiting when he emerges from chokey. Judges give Cop Killer a reduced prison sentence. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- All right, I may have imagined the latter, but I believe I am closer to the true meaning of the word than all the politicians and sham social commentators using it to mean a few heads being cracked and six months in the chokey all round. Joey Barton's robust Twitter chatter is sadly far from riotous | Martin Kelner
- Now, don't you try on any of your jokes with me, my man, or you'll find yourself in the wrong box, which is the strong box on board ship, and vulgarly called chokey! Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant