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white choker

white choker noun: a clergyman.

Noun

white choker (plural white chokers)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A clergyman.
    • We go in more for tradesmen, shopboys, commercial travellers, and that sort, and men who are a little screwy, and although we musn't mention it, we hooks a white choker now and then, coming from Exeter Hall.1862, Henry Mayhew, The London Underworld In The Victorian Period

Forms of white choker

pluralwhite chokers

Origin of white choker

From the article of clothing.

Questions about white choker

What does white choker mean?
White choker means a clergyman.
What part of speech is white choker?
White choker is a noun.
What is the plural of white choker?
The plural of white choker is white chokers.

Words near white choker in the dictionary

  1. white chip
  2. white chips
  3. white chlorophyll
  4. white chocolate
  5. white chocolates
  6. white choker
  7. white chokers
  8. white Christmas
  9. white Christmas slice
  10. white Christmas slices
  11. white Christmases

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