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• chock-full — /chok fool , chuk /, adj. full to the limit; crammed. Also, chock ful, chuck full, choke full. [1350 1400; ME chokke fulle, equiv. to chokke ( < ?) + fulle FULL1] * * * …   Universalium

• Carrier's Case — Carrier s Case, 13 Edw. IV, f. 9, pl. 5 (Star Ch. and Exch. Ch. 1473) was a landmark English court case in property crime law decided in the Star Chamber (also called Anonymous v. The Sheriff of London). The English court adopted the breaking… …   Wikipedia

• Choak — This unusual surname, recorded in the spellings of Chocke, Choke, Chockes and Choak, is not apparently what is claimed. According to the 1984 Handbook of Cornish Surnames , Choak derives from chok , meaning jackdaw or chatterer , and is Cornish.… …   Surnames reference

• Choke — This unusual surname, recorded in the spellings of Chocke, Choke, Chockes and Choak, is not apparently what is claimed. According to the 1984 Handbook of Cornish Surnames , Choak derives from chok , meaning jackdaw or chatterer , and is Cornish.… …   Surnames reference

• Choake — Recorded as Chocke, Choke, Chockes, Choak, Choake, and possibly others, this is an English and possibly Cornish surname. According to the Handbook of Cornish Surnames , it derives from the ancient word chok , meaning jackdaw , and hence is a… …   Surnames reference

• chock-full — [[t]ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl, ˈtʃʌk [/t]] adj. full to the limit; crammed Sometimes, chock′ ful′, chock′ful′. Etymology: 1350–1400; ME chokke fulle …   From formal English to slang