CHOKEY meaning: Punishment closet in Matilda novel

We found 14 dictionaries that define the word chokey:

General (11 matching dictionaries)

chokey: Merriam-Webster
chokey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
chokey: Collins English Dictionary
chokey: Vocabulary.com
Chokey, chokey: Wordnik
chokey: Wiktionary
chokey: Dictionary.com
chokey: Rhymezone
chokey: FreeDictionary.org
chokey: Mnemonic Dictionary
chokey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

chokey, chokey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
chokey: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
chokey: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chokey)

▸ adjective:  Reminiscent of choking.
▸ noun:  (UK, dated) prison
▸ noun:  (South Asia, historical) A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.

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choky, chokable, chokered, chompy, chuggy, chinny, guzzly, chuckle, chewable, kancheong, more...

Opposite:

spacious, roomy, open

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