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chokey; choky
noun- a prison; a detention cell; a segregation unit UK, 1837
From Hindustani chauki (a four-sided place or building). - P.O. Ferris was officer in charge of E wing, which contains the chokey or punishment cells[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 106, 1956
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 37, 1996
- Our colleague Peter Buck was a stone’s (or should that be a yoghurt’s) throw from two years in chokey[.] — Q, p. 10, May 2002
- the time spent in a prison segregation unit; the punishment itself UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 37, 1996
- a prison diet of bread and water, served as punishment UK
- It is forbidden to talk whilst at labour, and to do so and get captured, usual[l]y means three days chockey. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 22, 1958
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