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broke and robbed the boot. Also cutting through the back of the coach to snatch the large and costly wigs then fashionable.—Grose. [From Chive, a knife.]

Chivy or Chevy, subs. (thieves').—The face. For synonyms, see Dial.

c. 1886. Music Hall Song. ''Aint he got an artful chevy.'

Verb.—To scold; to bullyrag. For synonyms, see Wig.

Choakee.—See Chokey.

Chock, verb (streets').—To strike a person under the chin. [Probably a corruption of to chuck, i.e., 'chuck under the chin.']—See Chocker.

Chocker, subs. (streets').—A man. Generally Old Chocker, and thus comparable with Old Codger (q.v.). The term is not however, used in contempt; presumably, therefore, it signifies a manly man, i.e., one who is capable of 'chocking.'—See Chock.

Chocolate. To give chocolate without sugar, phr. (old).—To reprove;—Grose [1785], and Lexicon Balatronicum [1811].

Choke-Dog, subs. (common).—Cheese; especially that made in Devonshire.

1870. Good Words, March. As I have said before, the Dorsetshire hind is undoubtedly under-fed. Bread and choke-dog, as he calls his county's cheese, etc.—these, as I have said before, are the chief items in his bill of fare.

Choke Off, verb (common).—To get rid off; to put a stop to; and in a milder sense, 'to run contrary to.' [In the first instance the idea was associated with the throttling of bull-dogs to make them loose their hold; but the editor of a recent edition of the Slang Dictionary (Mr. Henry M. Sampson of The Referee) adds en parenthèse, 'Of course by those who don't know the scientific way used in canine exhibitions and dog-fights—of biting their tails till they round to bite the biter.']

English Synonyms. To shut off; to shunt; to fub off; to rump; to cold shoulder. For synonyms in a more emphatic sense, see Floor.

French Synonyms. Envoyer quelqu'un s'asseoir (popular: Cf., 'to set one down'); arrêter les frais ('to put a stop to proceedings.')

1818. Cobbett, Pol. Reg., XXXIII., 72. The Duke's seven mouths made the Whig party choak off Sheridan. [m.]

1848. New York Exp., 21 Feb. (Bartlett). In the House of Representatives. The operation of choking off a speaker was very funny, and reminded me of the lawless conduct of fighting school-boys.

1864. Derby Day, p. 155. 'That will do, mother,' he said; 'I think I have had my five shillings' worth'; but the gipsy would not be choked off until she had finished the patter she had learnt by heart.

1870. London Figaro, 26 November. The hair-oil vendor was proceeding in this strain of eulogium on the virtues of his particular invigorating application when he was gently but firmly choked off.

1883. Graphic, July 7, p. 11, col. 2. English dealers attend these fairs with the object of purchasing these noble-looking animals, but prices have now risen to £20 per head, and the English demand is being choked off.