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chokey choky noun
- British a slang word for prison
Word Origin for chokey C17: from Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī a shed or lockup Examples from the Web for chokey Historical Examples of chokey
So he must have been kidnapped or something after all, sir, or he would be in chokey now.
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Are you the chap that stole the money, and got chokey for it?
Tom Gallon
A pretty thing if I was to leave mine to get through all the grub by themselves, while I was sent to chokey!
Archibald Marshall
Well now, it seems to me that we must do something pretty soon or we shall find ourselves in chokey.
F. S. Brereton
The hills around Chokey, and below it are rounded, those towards the pass being more steep.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
William Griffith