chokeplumt (chokplum)

A plum resembling in its effects the choke-pear. Heywood. choker (cho'ker), n. 1. One who or that which chokes; that which induces a feeling of strangulation; something difficult to swallow. He had left a gla of water just tasted. I finished it. It was a choker . Thackeray , Dr. Birch. 2. That which puts another to silence; that which cannot be answered. Johnson. [Colloq.] -3. A neckcloth: as, "a white choker," Thackeray, Book of Snobs. [Colloq.] -4. In mil it. eng in., a chain with wooden staves attached to the ends, employed to compre and measure the circumference of fascines. chokes (chōks), n. pl. [= Sc. chouks; prob. of Seand. origin: cf. Icel. kok, the gullet: see chokel, v.] The throat. Hall i well. [Local, Eng.] choke-strap (chok's trap), n. Same as check strap, 1.