🔤 Chokeys ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
jail, qaid khana, hawalaat, thana, chungi, bandi khana
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ENGLISH
📚noun
chokeys
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈtʃəʊkɪz/
Phonetic: /choh kiz/
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DEFINITION
the plural of chokey, British slang for a prison or lock up, and in Indian English a police station or customs post
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Two chokeys stood beside the customs road outside the town.
The prisoner spent a week in one of the crowded chokeys.
Old stories describe escapes from the chokeys of the colonial police.
Villagers avoided the chokeys unless official business forced them there.
The novel mentions chokeys as places of casual cruelty and bribery.
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